Tencent faces record fine for WeChat pay violations, WSJ says
Tencent’s shares extended losses to trade as much as 10% lower in afternoon trading.
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Tencent’s shares extended losses to trade as much as 10% lower in afternoon trading.
Tencent Holdings Ltd (騰訊) faces a record fine after China’s central bank discovered its WeChat Pay (微信支付) had contravened money laundering rules, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The People’s Bank of China found Tencent’s payments platform had allowed the transfer of funds for illicit purposes such as gambling, the newspaper reported. WeChat Pay was also judged non-compliant with other rules that required Tencent to identify users and merchants transacting on the platform, the Journal said. A probe into potential money laundering woul...
Chinese tech giant plunges over 10%, while shares in major shareholder Naspers plummeted 15% on the JSE, after a WSJ report that Tencent is facing a record fine for WeChat pay violations.
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