Informal channel for remittances, QR code payments, and China's cross-border e-commerce

This book analyzes thematics in finance, international trade, and cross-border e-commerce: informal channels foreigners use to remit money to their home country, the current trend of QR code payments, and China's cross-border e-commerce. For various reasons, foreigners rely on the informal channel to complete remittance transactions. A chapter discusses the reasons for their choice and the channels they use. Another chapter analyzes QR code payments as a new trend, presents its functioning and opportunities, and suggests a comparative analysis with mobile money. Further chapters investigate China's cross-border e-commerce development, its challenges and opportunities during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the actual trend of live streaming.