As a result, the utility company has purchased VeriFone’s Vx 670 with GPRS to enable collectors to process bill payments with Chinese bank card association China UnionPay (CUP) - branded credit cards at the homes of residential customers.
In addition, utility customers are provided with other options as well, including paying mobile and residential telephone bills and topping up prepaid cards.
Tianjin Electric is a contributor to the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan power grid in Northern China and supplies electricity to 11 million people in over 4 million households.
In recent news, Google is reportedly planning to test a mobile payment service on terminals powered by VeriFone Systems at stores in two US cities, namely New York and San Francisco, media outlet Bloomberg.com reports
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