In many places, if you do not take your wallet with you, you'll be in trouble. This is especially true in overseas airports when you want to pay for food or gifts. Luckily you can now pay without your wallet in some overseas airports.
It's announced on Sept 26 that Chinese tourists can use the third party payment Alipay at ten airports across the world. The 10 airports are in Germany, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, Thailand and China's Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao.
Digital wallets like Alipay, WeChat and Apple Pay have brought big changes to our lives.
In April, CNN reporter Will Ripley spent a day in Beijing without his wallet. "In China's largest cities, you can definitely (肯定地) survive without carrying a pocket full of money and credit cards — as long as you've got your smart-phone," he wrote. "From small shops to large stores, a huge number of businesses in Beijing accept mobile payments."
He paid for breakfast by scanning (扫描) a QR code on the window of a restaurant. All he had to do was enter a password.
Then he also used his phone to pay for movie tickets, buy takeout food, order goods for delivery and hail a taxi.
But, there is also concern about the safety of the digital wallets. "Don't think the largest payment technology has solved all of its security problems." commented Fox News.
①buying gifts ② paying for his meal ③taking a taxi ④sell a digital camera
