Originally Posted by
YuropFlyer
I've tried to use my WeChat Pay cash vault in Singapore (they've nowadays plenty of vending machines which let you scan a QR code to dispose a soft drink) - zero chance, even abroad. To use the cash vault, I mean.
Now I can bind WeChat Pay to a foreign CC (Used DBS Visa), but then it will get charged in SGD directly, not touching the RMB still in the WeChat Pay vault. Meh.. luckily it's not that much (440'ish Yuan), but it still sucks.
tsammyc was trying to use his balance IN CHINA. Preventing him from having access to those funds as CNY is what I suspect is illegal. Tencent isn't obligated to make it easy, but they can't simply decide his money is theirs because their rules changed.
I'm not at all surprised that they won't let you use balance funds in Singapore though. That's a forex transaction and your balance is CNY, which has always been subject to currency controls.