WeChat Pay has always had the same payment function as Alipay. Many netizens are not used to using Alipay to pay but are accustomed to using WeChat. However, recently many colleges and universities do not allow students to use WeChat Pay. Let’s take a look at Tencent’s response. This university has stopped using WeChat payment.
Recently, many universities across the country have issued announcements that they will suspend the use of WeChat payment starting from July 1.
An announcement issued by Northwestern University stated that since Tencent’s WeChat Pay will conduct refined management of users in campus scenes starting from July 1, in addition to tuition fees, other charges will be restricted and a 0.6% handling fee will be charged. In order to protect the interests of teachers and students, the WeChat QR code payment service will be suspended for on-campus card users from June 30. All card users, such as campus cards, Bank of Communications App, UnionPay, Alipay and other channels, can be used normally. We hope that all teachers and students will be aware of this.
Universities such as Zhoukou Normal University, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, and Zhengzhou Aviation Industry Management College have also issued similar announcements because WeChat Pay has begun charging service fees for the campus industry.
In response to this matter, Tencent officially responded to IT House saying that since 2015, WeChat Pay has begun to enter campuses, and has provided long-term zero-rate preferential policies for non-profit payment scenarios on campus (tuition and miscellaneous fees, life services, etc.) and continued investment. Bank channel fees and other costs. For non-profit payment scenarios on campus (tuition and miscellaneous fees, life services, etc.), the zero-rate preferential policy will continue to be maintained. Recently, WeChat Pay has launched merchant communication for refined management of rates in the campus industry. After early collection of opinions and feedback, it is planned to continue with preferential rates lower than the market average for only a small number of profitable scenarios such as e-commerce and wine and travel. Provide services.