ByteDance, the owner of popular short-video app TikTok, said it has acquired a Chinese third-party payment service UIPay in a bid to leverage its domestic payment capability.
ByteDance bought UIPay’s operator, Wuhan Hezhong Yibao Technology Co, via an entity called Tianjin Tongrong E-commerce Co, data from the national business registration portal showed. The ownership change was made on August 28.