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SmartPay Launches Utility Bills Payment Service with China Unicom, China Unionpay and Huishang Bank in Anhui Province

    SHANGHAI, China, May 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Recently Shanghai
SmartPay Jieyin, in partnerships with China Unicom, China Unionpay and
Huishang Bank, launched the Mobile-Wallet service for paying utility bills
in Anhui Province. This brand new service allows users to pay bills any
time, any where; no longer they have to go to banks or toll stations, all
they have to do is to send a SMS and bills are paid, saving time and cost.

    For some time, people have been complaining about the hassles of paying
utility bills: notification wasn't delivered, waiting time was too long,
business hours were not right. ... In the mean time, construction of toll
stations costs quite a lot and overall takes a long time, but it only
serves for a single function after being built, thus not enough stations
were built; and banks which offer utility payment services find it
necessary to decrease their counters as they are trying to reduce costs. A
new way of payment is demanded.

    Using SmartPay's technology platform, the Mobile-Wallet service sweeps
all those problems away and signing up with the service is simple and easy.
Users go to China Unicom's offices with bank cards, mobile phones and IDs,
and register a number; later on every month they'll receive an SMS on their
mobile phones which lists bill details, by replying to this SMS, bills are
paid, and an SMS confirmation will be sent to users. At present,
Mobile-Wallet can be used for top ups, e-ticketing and lottery purchases;
and a lot more will be included in the future.

    SmartPay estimates 300,000 users are to register within one year as
this service will be promoted throughout the province.

    About SmartPay

    SmartPay provides remote payment services in China under the brand name
"Jieyin". Chinese consumers and intermediaries utilize SmartPay Jieyin for
the payment of mobile services, utilities, travel-related expenses and
other expenditures. SmartPay continues to launch additional payment
services under the "Jieyin" brand name. Investors in SmartPay include RRE
Ventures ( http://www.rre.com ), Evolution Capital, Lunar Group Capital,
Accel Partners and others.


For more information, please contact: Evie Wang Tel: +86-21-6390-0999 Fax: +86-21-6390-0535 Email: evie.wang@smartpay.com.cn
SOURCE Shanghai SmartPay Jieyin




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    Evie Wang, +86-21-6390-0999, or fax,
    +86-21-6390-0535, or evie.wang@smartpay.com.cn, of Shanghai
    SmartPay Jieyin