China Unicom and Yucheng Transportation Card Co have jointly introduced an NFC version of Chongqing city’s Yucheng Tong card that can be used to make payments on public transport, in cinemas and at shops and restaurants.

An NFC-based payments system called Cqpass has been commercially launched in the Chinese city of Chongqing following extensive field testing. Cqpass lets consumers make payments for a wide range of goods and services using a specially developed mobile phone and has been jointly introduced by mobile operator China Unicom, Chongqing Yucheng Transportation Card, mobile phone manufacturer Guohong Telecom and Digital and smart card and SIM supplier Watchdata.

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