Trump bans Chinese payment apps, including AliPay and WeChat Pay

Cointelegraph

Published Jan 06, 2021 09:57AM ET

Updated Jan 06, 2021 11:40AM ET

With just two weeks left in office, President Donald Trump has sent out a new executive order targeting Chinese payment apps.

The Tuesday order bars United States citizens or people located in the U.S. from using nine Chinese payment apps. It continues the White House's earlier efforts to cut off the U.S. market from Chinese-owned apps like TikTok. Yesterday's order repeats earlier concerns of data collection by the Chinese Communist Party:

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