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Old Nov 3, 2020 | 8:00 pm
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Originally Posted by tauphi
WeChat itself doesn't have your name at all. The name is determined by the first credit/debit card you associate with your WeChat account. You could even change that name by deleting all cards from your WeChat account.

What you could do is to simply open a new WeChat account for this card and then it won't have a problem with the name order.
I actually have several other Wechat accounts, mostly registered in different countries. However, I have 5k contacts in my main account, which means I can use it to transact with pretty much everyone I know here. I'll just be sure to keep my ICBC account juiced. While BoC has a stronger presence in certain cities (e.g. Beijing), ICBC has a much larger national footprint. If I spent a lot of time in Guangdong, I would probably figure out a way to add CMB to the mix using the name format that Wechat now associates with me.
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