GlobePay Limited

GlobePay Limited GlobePay Limited is an industry leading RMB cross-border payment solution provider in the UK.

Connect to over 1 billion Chinese consumers with our all-in-one payment and advertising application.

Your customer said yes. Then came the payment — and they went quiet. 😮‍💨If you’re a UK daigou or personal shopper, you k...
11/09/2026

Your customer said yes. Then came the payment — and they went quiet. 😮‍💨

If you’re a UK daigou or personal shopper, you know the moment. You send your bank details, ask for a transfer in pounds, and suddenly it‘s ”that’s a hassle“ or ”I don‘t have a GBP account.“ The sale doesn’t get cancelled. It just stalls — and some never come back.

Here‘s the thing:

It’s usually not the price. It‘s the payment method.

Your buyers pay for everything at home by scanning WeChat Pay, Alipay+ or UnionPay. Ask them to do a cross-border bank transfer instead, and every extra step loses a few more.

Let them pay in renminbi the way they already do — and you receive settled pounds.

GlobePay is an FCA Authorised Payment Institution helping UK Chinese merchants and daigou take CNY→GBP, settled to a UK account in T+3 working days, with a clean record for your books.

Make paying the easy part. 👉 DM us to learn more.

Golden Week is coming — and your Chinese customers won‘t be carrying a UK card. 🧧Mid-Autumn (25 Sept) and China’s Nation...
04/09/2026

Golden Week is coming — and your Chinese customers won‘t be carrying a UK card. 🧧

Mid-Autumn (25 Sept) and China’s National Day holiday (1–7 Oct) bring a wave of visitors to Britain. Most arrive with a phone full of WeChat Pay, Alipay+ and UnionPay — and little else.

Here‘s what that means at your till:

If you only take cards and cash, a lot of those baskets get put back down. It’s not the price. It‘s the payment.

The move before October:
✅ Make sure you can accept WeChat Pay, Alipay+ and UnionPay
✅ Put the QR code where staff can reach it
✅ Keep takings off your personal account — use a regulated route

GlobePay is an FCA Authorised Payment Institution helping UK Chinese businesses take renminbi (CNY→GBP), settled to a UK account in T+3 working days.

Get set up before the rush. 👉 DM us to learn more.

Renting to Chinese students this September?Their deposit and first month’s rent often come straight from a parent‘s acco...
27/08/2026

Renting to Chinese students this September?

Their deposit and first month’s rent often come straight from a parent‘s account in China — before the student even has a UK card.

Here’s the catch: collecting that money into a personal account is where landlords get caught out.

UK banks flag three things fast 👇
• high frequency
• large amounts
• cross-border transfers

Student rent season hits all three — and frozen accounts mid-term are more common than you‘d think.

The fix isn’t a favour over WeChat. It‘s a regulated rail.

GlobePay is a UK FCA Authorised Payment Institution (FRN 930172). Landlords and agents can accept WeChat Pay, Alipay+ and UnionPay in renminbi, settled to a UK account at a real-time rate in T+3 working days — every payment logged cleanly for tax.

Sort your rent collection before term starts.

👉 DM us to learn more, or [email protected]

Run a Chinese nail bar, hair salon or massage studio in the UK?Your regulars finish their appointment, reach for their p...
20/08/2026

Run a Chinese nail bar, hair salon or massage studio in the UK?

Your regulars finish their appointment, reach for their phone, and ask to pay by WeChat or Alipay+ — and if you can’t take it, that‘s an awkward moment every single visit.

Beauty and wellness runs on repeat customers, booking deposits and membership top-ups. Collecting all of that on a personal account is the quickest way to get flagged by your bank — and to lose track of what’s business and what‘s yours.

The grounded fix: accept WeChat Pay, Alipay+ and UnionPay through one FCA-regulated point of acceptance — deposits and stored-value included. Renminbi settles to GBP at the live rate and lands in your UK business account in T+3 working days, with a clean record for every transaction.

Sort it before the autumn rush — not after a frozen account.

👉 DM us to learn more, or link in bio.

Running a UK Chinese shop or restaurant this summer?Your customers reach the till, pull out their phone, and ask to pay ...
13/08/2026

Running a UK Chinese shop or restaurant this summer?

Your customers reach the till, pull out their phone, and ask to pay by WeChat or Alipay+ — and if you can‘t take it, that sale often just walks out.

It’s rarely about price. Tourists and students barely carry cash. They tap and pay, and if you can‘t accept it, they go elsewhere.

The workaround a lot of merchants reach for — collecting on a personal account — is the one that gets accounts frozen in a busy season.

The grounded fix: accept WeChat Pay, Alipay+ and UnionPay through one FCA-regulated point of acceptance. Renminbi settles to GBP at the live rate, lands in your UK business account in T+3 working days, with a clean record for every sale.

Get it sorted before the summer rush — not after.

👉 DM us to learn more, or link in bio.

Running a tutoring centre, weekend school or study-abroad service in the UK?Enrolment season is here — and getting paid ...
07/08/2026

Running a tutoring centre, weekend school or study-abroad service in the UK?

Enrolment season is here — and getting paid is the part most providers underestimate.

Chinese parents want to pay tuition by WeChat Pay or Alipay+, in renminbi. Taking that into a personal or general account works at first. But when payments cluster in registration week, high-frequency cross-border inflows are exactly what makes a bank freeze the account — right when new students are trying to sign up.

A few things worth sorting before the peak:

→ Use a proper, regulated way to collect tuition — not a personal card
→ Know how renminbi becomes GBP, and when it lands (real-time rate, T+3 working days)
→ Keep tuition flows clean and separate, so receipts and tax time are easy

GlobePay is an FCA Authorised Payment Institution (FRN 930172) built for exactly this — WeChat, Alipay+ and UnionPay, CNY→GBP, into your UK account.

Sort it before enrolment week. 📌

👉 DM us or tap the link in bio to learn more.
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”They paid days ago — so where‘s my money?“ 😅If you take renminbi from Chinese customers, you’ve probably refreshed your...
30/07/2026

”They paid days ago — so where‘s my money?“ 😅

If you take renminbi from Chinese customers, you’ve probably refreshed your banking app more than once. Here‘s what’s actually happening between ”paid“ and ”landed“:

1️⃣ Your customer pays in CNY via WeChat Pay, Alipay+ or UnionPay
2️⃣ The network clears it and converts to GBP at WeChat Pay and Alipay+‘s real-time rate
3️⃣ Funds sit in a safeguarded account, kept separate from the provider’s own
4️⃣ Settlement reaches your UK account in T+3 working days

The catch: the ”3“ means working days. Weekends don‘t count — and neither do bank holidays. 📅 With the Summer Bank Holiday on Mon 31 August, payments that week settle a day or two later. Totally normal.

GlobePay is an FCA Authorised Payment Institution helping UK merchants accept Chinese payments — real-time FX, a clean exportable record, funds in T+3 working days.

Once you get the mechanism, you stop refreshing.
👉 DM us or tap the link in bio.

Your accountant asks: which order was this payment for? 😅If the answer means scrolling six months of chat history, you’r...
23/07/2026

Your accountant asks: which order was this payment for? 😅

If the answer means scrolling six months of chat history, you’re not alone. It‘s the quiet cost of taking payments informally — and it shows up every tax season.

The 31 July payment on account deadline is nearly here. Five things every payment record should already tell you:

📅 The date it landed
💱 The original CNY amount
📊 The rate applied
🧾 The order or customer it belongs to
🏦 The UK account it settled into

GlobePay is an FCA Authorised Payment Institution helping UK merchants accept WeChat Pay, Alipay+ and UnionPay — real-time FX, T+3 working days to your UK account, and a clean record you can export.

Sort it now, not in January. 👉 DM us or tap the link in bio.

(General information only — check your position with HMRC or your accountant.)

Your online store gets the traffic — but your Chinese customers vanish at checkout. Here‘s why: they pay by WeChat Pay o...
16/07/2026

Your online store gets the traffic — but your Chinese customers vanish at checkout.

Here‘s why: they pay by WeChat Pay or Alipay+ at home. Land on a checkout with only UK cards and PayPal, and many just leave. No error, no complaint — just a lost sale.

The fix is simpler than you’d think. You can add Chinese payments to your store three ways:

A payment QR code for social selling
Pay by Link for order-by-order billing
A native plugin for Shopify or WooCommerce at checkout

GlobePay is an FCA Authorised Payment Institution helping UK online merchants accept WeChat Pay, Alipay+ and UnionPay — real-time FX, T+3 working days to your UK account, clean records throughout.

Don‘t lose the sale at the last step.

DM us or tap the link in bio.

Chinese visitors are back for the summer — and if your till only takes UK cards, you’re waving some of them straight out...
09/07/2026

Chinese visitors are back for the summer — and if your till only takes UK cards, you’re waving some of them straight out the door. 🛍️

Here‘s the moment: a group fills a basket, gets to the counter, asks to pay by WeChat Pay or Alipay+ — and walks out when they can’t.

It doesn‘t have to go that way.

→ They scan with the wallet they already use. No new app, no currency swap on their side.

→ You receive RMB, converted at the live rate, and GBP settles to your UK bank in T+3 working days — with clean records for tax.

→ Start simple with a QR code at the counter; add a smart terminal later if volume grows.

As an FCA Authorised Payment Institution (FRN 930172), GlobePay helps UK shops and restaurants accept Chinese mobile payments — so summer footfall actually becomes summer sales.

👉 DM us to learn more.

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Tuesday 9:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 6pm
Thursday 9:30am - 6pm
Friday 9:30am - 6pm

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