Hundreds of banking and financial apps are blooming in China. Harry Campbell You forgot your wallet, and it’s four flights up to your apartment in Shanghai’s French Concession. No worries. You’ve got your smartphone. Open Tencent Holdings’ WeChat, the Chinese Twitter on steroids, and tap China’s versions of PayPal, E*Trade, Uber, Amazon, and TripAdvisor rolled into a single app, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its October issue. Order and pay for your taxi and then book a restaurant where you’ll split the bill electronically with a friend. With a few minutes to spare, transfer money into the mutual fund run by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-19/wechat-baidu-and-alibaba-help-chinese-embrace-digital-banking