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When Singaporeans pay through e-commerce websites like Taobao and Tmall, their Alipay accounts default to Singapore credit cards, but they cannot pay at offline stores (physical stores).
Why can't Singaporeans pay in offline stores (brick-and-mortar)?
Because of the real-name authentication of the Alipay account in Singapore, the Singapore bank card cannot be bound.
How do Singaporeans register and open an Alipay account?
Alipay account supports members from the following regions, and can register via mobile phone.
Non-mainland users include:
- Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Overseas (Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Thailand, Vietnam, Germany, France, Russia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, Philippines);
- In foreign countries, you can only register your Alipay account through your mobile phone.
Non-Mainland Chinacellphone numberAlipay startup process
Non-mainland China mobile phone numbers are not supported for Alipay main site login: Mobile phone number accounts from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia are supported for login via www.alipay.com.
Click【Taobao Member Login】▼

special reminder:
- If you have registered a Taobao account, you do not need to register Alipay.
- You can log into Alipay with your mobile phone or email, as well as your Taobao account.
- The login password is the same.
Taobao enters Alipay process:
- Log in to Taobao.com page, click "My Taobao → Account Settings → Alipay Binding Settings → enter Alipay in the upper right corner of the page.
How does Alipay use Singapore bank cards and international credit cards to pay?
Step 1: Proceed to the international checkout counter
Then, you can choose the free switch version in the upper left corner (mainland version, Hong Kong version, Taiwan version, other overseas versions) ▼

- Then select [International Credit Card], enter the card number, and click [Next].
Step 2: Enter payment information
Enter the payment information input page, fill in the relevant information, and then click [Confirm Payment]▼

Step 3: Verify the 3D service password
- If the cardholder has applied for the card issuer's 3D verification service, and the card issuer needs to verify the user's 3D service password, you need to enter the 3D serviceVerification code.
Otherwise, skip this step and display the payment result directly ▼

For Singaporeans using Alipay, the mobile phone number verified via SMS is only supported for Singaporean and Hong Kong mobile phone numbers.
- Singapore DBS Bank (DBS) credit card fast payment, supports mobile phone number SMS verification.
Is there any charge for fast payment with DBS credit card in Singapore?
- Buyers are required to pay a 3% transaction fee.
If Overseas Express is a dual currency credit card, which currency will be deducted first during settlement?
- Alipay isInternet marketingA must-have payment tool for practitioners.
- If you have a U.S. dollar account, it is usually preferred to use a U.S. dollar account.If a US dollar account is not available, a local currency account is preferred.
- (The local currency account is the local currency. For example, the local currency account in Hong Kong is Hong Kong dollars, and the domestic mainland is RMB.)
If a foreigner has registered an Alipay account, but Alipay does not have real-name authentication, the function is restricted and cannot be used to receive money, nor can it be used to scan Alipay to pay offline.
For solutions, please click the following tutorial on Alipay real-name authentication for international passports ▼
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