Visa and Octopus to let Hong Kong tourists pay with home wallets

Users can pay with Hyundai Card, Woori Card, Samsung Card, and VNPT Money.

Visa and Octopus Cards Ltd have partnered to enable tourists from across APAC to scan and pay with their preferred home wallets at participating Octopus QR merchants in Hong Kong.

The partnership expands the acceptance of Visa-powered QR payments in the city, with transactions made via Visa Scan to Pay.

Amongst the supported payment apps are Hyundai Card, Woori Card, Samsung Card, and VNPT Money, with LINE Pay and Shinhan Card to follow.

Small businesses already using the Octopus App for Business can accept these payments without installing new hardware or systems.

Visa cards issued in Hong Kong are not eligible for the initiative.

“When people travel, they want payments to be effortless and familiar,” said Paulina Leong, general manager of Visa Hong Kong and Macau.

“Through our collaboration with Octopus, we’re enabling visitors to pay in Hong Kong using the apps they already know and trust,” she added.

About two in three travellers prefer to use contactless or mobile payments when travelling overseas, according to Visa’s latest study on consumer payment attitudes.

The two parties will continue to explore enabling Octopus HK wallet users to Scan to Pay across APAC in 2027.