Staff from Weixin’s R&D team revealed to local portal Sohu that the popular chatting app will soon launch its mobile payment service. Accordingly the function will be realized in the form of a “payment card” on Weixin’s platform, and be connected to Tencent’s online payment service Tenpay. This payment card would be a second card service Weixin ever offered after the membership card released by Tencent’s loyalty business. Data from the company said that over 61884 rooms from chain-hotel Hanting were booked by users of Weixin membership card. After loaded with games, O2O businesses, and mobile payment, the monetizing approach of Weixin has surfaced step by step.