Nepal bans China's Alipay and WeChat Pay

Central bank move comes as Kathmandu draws close to Beijing

20190522a street in Kathmandu

Tourists businesses in Kathmandu have increasingly focused on Chinese visitors as their numbers surge. © AFP/Jiji

ARUN BUDHATHOKI, Contributing writer

KATHMANDU -- The Himalayan nation of Nepal has emerged as an unlikely obstacle to the global conquest of Chinese mobile payment services WeChat Pay and Alipay.

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