Alipay and Verifone announced that the United States will have 16,000 taxi access Alipay, all over New York and Las Vegas. Among them, a total of 14,000 New York taxi access Alipay, accounting for about 80 percent of New York taxis; Las Vegas, there are 2,100 taxis access Alipay.

According to data released by the US Commerce Department, in 2016 the number of mainland Chinese tourists visiting the United States of nearly 300 million, an increase of 15%, spending $ 33 billion, up 9%. Among them, New York and Las Vegas is the most popular Chinese tourist city of the United States.

For New York, Las Vegas and Shenzhen taxi access Alipay Alipay North America general manager Souheil Badran said the taxi fare payment by Alipay will bring convenience for Chinese tourists, because it is both a mobile payment methods they are familiar with, and English communication will not avoid trouble.