Smartpay Jieyin Ltd announced that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Chongqing Branch has joined the SmartPay network.

With this event, ICBC customers can use Smartpay to pay their mobile phone bills, top-up pre-paid mobile accounts, purchase online gaming time and other merchant offerings simply by sending an SMS message. In addition, mobile subscribers will be able to access a wide variety of payment and information services.

Smartpay's Vice President for Banking Business Development, William Shen, commented, "ICBCs participation with SmartPay in offering payment services in Chongqing will bring greater convenience to customers of our merchant

partners, such as Chongqing Unicom. This makes for a true "win-win-win" partnership, whereby ICBCs customers, our partner merchants and users of the SmartPay system all benefit."

Customers can easily register for the service through ICBC's phone banking system by dialing 95588 in China. Customers can also access information regarding this service through Smartpay's website.

SmartPay's reach continues to grow. In the coming quarters, the Company expects services to commence in Jiangsu, Beijing, Liaoning and multiple additional provinces.