Russia’s Sberbank Launches Mobile Money Transfers to China

Reuters

“Russia’s largest lender Sberbank (SBER.MM) on Tuesday said it had launched money transfers to Alipay wallets in China using phone numbers. State-controlled Sberbank, which has customers in 18 countries, launched the service together with Western Union. For a transfer fee of 1%, customers can credit an Alipay account in Chinese yuan with just the recipient’s full name and phone number.”