Everbright Bank to join China Unicom in mobile payment

Wen/Li Gaoyang

Yesterday, Everbright Bank said it had recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Unicom Group in Beijing, which will carry out a series of important cooperation in mobile finance such as mobile payment, mobile wallet and mobile phone application.

Everbright Bank related officials said the signing of the cooperation agreement marks Everbright Bank and China Unicom Group Strategic Partnership formally stepped into the field of mobile finance.

According to our correspondent understand, the focus of cooperation between the two business is "mobile payment", "mobile payment" that is, through the mobile phone to achieve near-field payment and Internet payment transactions. Everbright Bank has put mobile finance planning as the next strategic focus, said the people. After the signing of this strategic cooperation agreement, Everbright Bank and China Unicom Group will be in the mobile phone payment, mobile wallet, financial smart card research and development, mobile payment clients and other areas to reach deep cooperation, the two sides strong alliances, resource sharing, and jointly promote mobile phone payment in the technical support, system docking, commercial applications and other aspects of further promotion.

In fact, Everbright Bank's mobile financial strategy has been accelerated, and China Unicom's cooperation has long been in the brewing and promotion. In early April this year, Everbright Bank and China Mobile Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. signed a cooperation agreement, the two sides will be in mobile payment, financial smart card research and development, mobile payment client customization, customer and channel sharing and other areas of comprehensive cooperation. At that time, in response to the "First financial daily" reporter on whether Everbright Bank will also work with other operators to ask questions, Everbright Bank Electronic Banking department deputy general manager Huchangzhi said: "With China Unicom and Chinese Telecom, the current internal also in the process of pushing forward." ”

Everbright Bank in late July to provide this reporter's data show that Everbright mobile phone bank customers up to 5.5 million, compared to the beginning of the new 102%, the private network of silver and electronic payment customers up to 8.8 million households, 3.3 million households, respectively, compared to the beginning of the year 40%, 25%.