{"id":9392,"date":"2024-05-13T18:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9392"},"modified":"2024-05-13T18:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:46:19","slug":"bml-expands-acceptance-of-wechat-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=9392","title":{"rendered":"BML expands acceptance of WeChat Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bank of Maldives (BML) on Monday, announced the introduction of Weixin Pay, or WeChat Pay in overseas markets, as a payment method on its Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal network.<\/p>\n<p>This allows merchants to accept QR payments from the popular Chinese app, while the app was previously only available on BML Payment Gateway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have started the rollout of WeChat Pay at merchants at Velana International Airport&#8217;s duty-free shopping. 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