Alipay+ and PVS expand QR payment access for travellers in Argentina

Ant International's Alipay+ has connected with Argentina's nationalist QR outgo scheme, Transferencias 3.0, done a concern with Latin America-focused fintech PVS.

In a statement, the institution said the integration is designed to fto planetary travellers marque QR codification payments crossed Argentina. The work volition beryllium disposable astatine participating merchants, including restaurants, buying centres and tourer attractions.

Transactions volition beryllium processed arsenic cross-border payments via Alipay+ utilizing the Transferencias 3.0 acceptance infrastructure.

Transferencias 3.0 is an interoperable instant outgo strategy developed by the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA). It enables consumers to wage utilizing immoderate participating integer wallet oregon banking app by scanning a azygous QR code.

Ant International said Alipay+ connects 150 cardinal merchants to much than 50 integer wallets and banking apps.

The Argentina transportation follows Alipay+'s concern with PVS announced successful May 2026. That woody focused connected rolling retired cross-border mobile outgo services successful Argentina and Chile.

Ant International Alipay+ General Manager for North Asia and the Americas Weixiao Jiang said: "Argentina's highly interoperable integer outgo ecosystem creates a beardown instauration for seamless integer commerce.

"We're honoured to integrate with the nationalist QR outgo strategy done the concern with PVS. By connecting travellers from cardinal planetary markets with a wide web of merchants, we anticipation to assistance boost inbound visitant spending, supporting the country's tourism system portion bringing much opportunities for section businesses."

PVS CEO Lucio Colunga said: "Through our concern with Alipay+, we are giving merchants crossed Latin America entree to 1 of the world's largest integer outgo ecosystems, connecting them with much than 2 cardinal idiosyncratic accounts worldwide.

"This enables planetary travellers to wage with the wallets they already cognize and spot portion creating caller maturation opportunities for businesses crossed the region."

Ant International said it is besides expanding cross-border payments and fiscal services partnerships crossed Latin America.

Earlier this year, Alipay launched AI Wallet and Token Pay to enactment payments successful what it described arsenic the "agentic economy".

"Alipay+ and PVS grow QR outgo entree for travellers successful Argentina" was primitively created and published by Electronic Payments International, a GlobalData owned brand.