Originally Posted by
moondog
I have one account (CITIC) tied to my US Google Voice number. I receive SMS from it, but not from ICBC (my main account) any more. This is mildly annoying because I often don't know exactly how much money I have. I've never bothered to correct this problem because I can check my balance at almost any ATM, and this is usually a free transaction. I really dislike going inside the bank; they make simple things difficult.
Interesting that this works. Giving a 10 digit US phone number usually gets it converted to +86 1234567890 somehow
Originally Posted by
moondog
I can't recall about phone verification during initial setup because that was a long time ago for me, but I'm living proof that the phone number is kind of meaningless after you're up and running.
Maybe I'm buying really strange things on the desktop Internet but I've run into scenarios where neither AliPay or Wechat Pay are supported and the only option is a UnionPay card with SMS verification first.
Originally Posted by
moondog
I've never experienced this issue.
It's common with media and gaming apps due to copyright restrictions (heh). An example with QQ Music:
