Zhongxin Finance, February 22. "The current 'personal collection code' will not be closed, will not be used, and its functions will remain unchanged." The China Payment and Clearing Association released an announcement on the optimization of barcode payment services on the evening of the 22nd.

  At the same time, the China Payment and Clearing Association stated that a new "personal business collection code" has been set up, which users can freely choose to use.

Users use the "personal business collection code", the service is not reduced, the experience is unchanged, the code assignment process is free, and they can enjoy more efficient transaction reconciliation and other services.

  The China Payment and Clearing Association said that the next step will be to guide member units to continuously improve the service function of the collection code, enhance the security of barcode payment, better meet the diversified payment needs of users, protect the legitimate rights and interests of users, and create a good market environment.

  Subsequently, WeChat and Alipay issued announcements one after another, clarifying that personal collection codes can continue to be used.

  On the evening of the 22nd, the "WeChat Open Class" official account issued an announcement on WeChat Pay on the personal collection code, saying that after March 1, 2022, the personal collection code can continue to be used.

  WeChat Pay said that after March 1, 2022, based on the user's collection situation, invitations will be sent out through WeChat collection assistant message notification and other methods, and the user will provide a personal business collection code if the user voluntarily receives it, and receive the material code for free. You can also enjoy more rights and services such as operating account books and business analysis.

If a user wishes to apply, the homepage of the "Collection Small Ledger" will gradually open the application portal to the user, and they can enjoy the same treatment after the application is completed.

At the same time, the user's original personal collection code will not be disabled or closed, and the function will remain unchanged.

  Alipay also issued an announcement on the situation of personal collection codes: after March 1, 2022, Alipay's personal collection codes can continue to be used to enjoy a series of existing services including free cash withdrawal; Personal collection code can be upgraded to "personal business collection code".

The upgrade process is completely free.

After the upgrade, the original rights such as free money collection and free cash withdrawal will continue to be enjoyed, and will also enjoy higher rights and interests such as the "dare to receive and dare to pay" guarantee limit.

  Alipay said that it will issue an invitation to upgrade the personal collection code to the user based on the user's collection characteristics, and provide the personal collection code upgrade service on the premise of respecting the user's choice.

At the same time, the user's original personal collection code will not be disabled or closed, and the function will remain unchanged.

If users want to upgrade, they can also submit an application at the relevant entry on the homepage of "Merchant Services", and they can enjoy the same treatment after the upgrade is completed.

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