HK’s livi bank launches QR payment option

From now until 31 March, customers can earn rewards up to HK$500 per month.

Hong Kong’s livi bank has introduced a QR payments option tied to UnionPay that will enable its customers to pay at over 29 million merchants in Mainland China and in Japan, South Korea, and Thailand.

The livi QR payment is available at livi app. Payments are automatically settled in Hong Kong Dollars (HKD) at UnionPay’s market-leading exchange rates, with no handling fee incurred and no charge on currency exchange.

This makes livi bank the first Hong Kong virtual bank to offer cross-border QR payment solution, the neobank said in a press release.

From now until 31 March, livi customers who pay via livi QR payment will be entitled to shake and earn up to 100% Shake Shake Rewards. Rewards can be redeemed on the next spending and customers can enjoy rewards up to HK$500 per calendar month.