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Old Jun 23, 2023 | 1:09 am
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Originally Posted by gudugan
To fix the first problem, I signed a bunch of forms. The main quandary was they were not really sure if I needed to sign my name as Last First Middle or First Middle Last. We eventually decided on First Middle Last, and First Last was not ok.
My HSBC China credit card started out its life as First Middle Last. This caused no end of troubles with WeChat Pay. I eventually ended up getting HSBC China to change it to Last First Middle as required by WeChat. It's been working perfectly since. Other banks have also slowly converged onto the Last First Middle convention and apparently this is the format specified by the PBOC.
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