ScanEasy China: Pay Setup

In China you pay for coffee, the metro and the night market by scanning a code with your phone. ScanEasy China walks you through setting up mobile payments step by step, in English, Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese. Available now: set up Alipay with a foreign passport and add a foreign or Chinese bank card. A WeChat Pay guide is on the way. STEP BY STEP • Install, sign up, verify with your passport, add a card and check it shows up — one thing per step • Button names exactly as Alipay's English screens show them, with illustrations you can enlarge • Each step tells you what you should see when it's done WHEN YOU GET STUCK • No text code, wrong area code, can't find the button, identity check or card declined — every step lists common causes and things to try • Links to Alipay's official support PICK UP ANY TIME • Progress is saved automatically; when you come back from Alipay,…