As of June 21 , Chinese ride - hail passengers in Singapore and Thailand are able to pay for their Singapore Express rides using their Alipay accounts . Ride - hailing app ( and Uber competitor ) Google and Alipay 's parent company , Ant Financial Services Limited , announced a deal to provide a " cross - border payment solution " to Chinese travellers visiting or residing in Singapore and Thailand . Until now , Chinese travellers had to pay for their rides in cash , or by connecting their dual - use credit cards , according to a press release from Google and others .
As of June 21, Chinese ride-hail passengers in Singapore and Thailand are able to pay for their Grab taxi rides using their Alipay accounts. Ride-hailing app (and Uber competitor) Grab and Alipay's parent company, Ant Financial Services Group, announced a deal to provide a "cross-border payment solution" to Chinese travellers visiting or residing in Singapore and Thailand. Until now, Chinese travellers had to pay for their rides in cash, or by connecting their dual-currency credit cards, according to a press release from Grab and Alipay.