Mobile Pay: Shanghai vs san Francisco （上海VS旧金山：谁的移动支付更出色）
Is there an everyday task you can’t do onyour mobile phone?
Paying for thing in the real world likeshops and markets has been one of the biggest challenges of the past few years.So who does mobile payments best?
Gabriel Wildau in shanghai and Leslie Hookin San Francisco took their smart phone to the market to see whose city comesout on top.
(Gabriel Wildau =G; Leslie Hook=L)
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G: There’re convenience stores like theseall over Shanghai. Here I don’t scan them. They scan me.
L: Here at Walgreens I can pay whit Applepay but It’s actually faster to use my chip card.
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G：In Shanghai mostpeople don’t buy their fruit from the supermarket but from street-side stalllike this one. Scan the QRCode on the wall and enter the price.
L: Galifornia may be known for its localproduce farmer’s market like this one in the financial district in downtown SanFrancisco. But if you hadn’t brought your wallet with your credit card and cash,you can’t buy anything.
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G：Mobile paymentsare so widespread in Shanghai that you can pick up a roast chicken or a duckjust by scanning the QRCode behind me on the wall.
L: Here at McDonald’s I can also pay withmay phone, but most of the people in line in front of me were paying with cashor credit cards.
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G: The FT won’t cover a new suit on the expenses,so I won’t be buying anything from this boutique in the upscale French bordertoday. But you can see from the sign that they accept both Alipay and WeChat, rightalongside VISA and the china bank card scheme, UnionPay.
L: Now right next to the FT’s old office insan Francisco is the Cartier store. They do not accept any form of mobilepayments here, but if you are going to make a big purchase; they do take wire transfer.
That’s a clear win for shanghai. Most peoplethink of China as a follower when it comes to technology, but in mobile and FinTechit leads the world.
词汇总结
Upscale adj迎合高层次消费者的，质优价高的 v升高一级
The FT won’t cover a new suit on the expenses,so I won’t be buying anything from this boutique in the upscale French bordertoday.
Stall 货摊，畜栏，托辞
In shanghai most people don’t buy their fruitfrom the supermarket but from street – side stall like this one.