Originally Posted by
garykung
So? Beside, that's not the point.
I think his point is that the slow uptake of Alipay/Wechat in HK is not necessarily due to Octopus as you seem to suggest. It is likely more due to the fact that HK is an extremely slow moving society from a tech perspective. While many countries are moving in the cash-less direction, HK is still very much a cash dependent society (e.g. 90% of taxis only accepting cash as payment). Not to mention e-commerce which is nearly non-existent in HK compared to many other parts of Asia (with China leading the way) - not to mention other parts of the world.
In fact, many payment providers/systems in Europe are adopting features from Alipay/Wechat, so even though the tech isn't necessarily new -- many of the ideas and implementations certainly are.