Originally Posted by
moondog
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.
weChats solution is impractical. To bind someone else’s Chinese class I debit card to my WeChat pay so that I can empty the entire balance into somebody else’s account just so I can continue to use my WeChat pay.
I would complain if I could to some authority, but Im afraid it would cause more trouble than it’s worth. Perhaps I will leave the balance there until some future date when China changes its laws to make it easier to open bank accounts. At least with a dual SIM phone, i can easily switch between two WeChat accounts and respond to sudden security verifications
I also asked if they could refund the stored value balance into my bound VISA card, but they said they can’t. Only into a class I debit card.