Multinational Spanish banking group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has signed a deal with Chinese firm Ant Financial that will enable Chinese tourists with Android phones to pay for goods in Spanish stores using the Alipay mobile wallet. BBVA is the first Spanish bank to team up with Alipay and is working to enable Alipay payments in the country's chain stores. Around 400,000 Chinese tourists visit Spain each year, spending an average of €2285 ($2,000).
Multinational Spanish banking group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has signed a deal with Chinese firm Ant Financial that will enable Chinese tourists with Android phones to pay for goods in Spanish stores using the Alipay mobile wallet. BBVA is the first Spanish bank to team up with Alipay and is working to enable Alipay payments in the country's chain stores. Around 400,000 Chinese tourists visit Spain each year, spending an average of €2,000 ($2285).