What happened with Meituan’s response to the cancellation of Alipay payment? Why did Meituan cancel Alipay payment?

What happened with Meituan’s response to the cancellation of Alipay payment? Why did Meituan cancel Alipay payment? Let’s fight! Meituan responds to the cancellation of Alipay payment Wang Xing: Why doesn’t Taobao support WeChat payment yet? Ele.me: Talking at cross purposes

On July 29, some users found that when using Meituan payment, Meituan monthly payment and bank card payment took priority, and Alipay payment was no longer displayed, while WeChat Pay and ApplePay were still on the payment selection list.

Regarding Meituan’s cancellation of Alipay payment, Meituan Monthly Payment’s official Weibo account responded, “In fact, it would be equally appropriate to change the main body of this article to the Ele.me app and WeChat Pay.” The new intern muttered this to himself after reading the 36Kr report.

Meituan CEO Wang Xing also responded on Fanfou, asking why Taobao still doesn’t support WeChat Pay? WeChat Pay has more active users than Alipay and its transaction fees are lower than Alipay.
It is reported that the Ele.me App does not support WeChat Payment either. Ele.me immediately responded: "Excuse Me???" and posted pictures as proof that Ele.me not only supports Huabei and Alipay, but also WeChat Pay. In the screenshot, a "chicken and duck meal for two" was also ordered.

After inquiry, it was found that there are still users whose Meituan APP can display Alipay payment, and the Ele.me App can display WeChat payment. The cancellation of Alipay payment and WeChat payment may only happen to some users.

It is worth noting that according to third-party data, in the first quarter of this year, Alipay accounted for 48.44% of the market share among China's third-party payment platforms, ranking first; followed by Tencent (WeChat Pay), UnionPay, and 99Bill Payment, which accounted for 33.59%, 7.19%, and 6.1% respectively.