When you are still astonished by the unique experiences brought by mobile payment in China, WeChat and Alipay have already started to lead a new payment innovation out of smartphones.
Highways contactless payment
Alipay launched "license plate payment". As long as the Zhima Credit is more than 550 points, users can directly bind their car to Alipay, then their license plate becomes payment code.
When users pass the highways, it will automatically recognize the license plate and directly charge from Alipay. No cash, no need to change, and even no need to use the smartphones.
WeChat launched "E-Highways". As long as users connect their car in WeChat account and then set payment without a password or top up some money to the balance of WeChat wallet, the license plate can be automatically recognized and charged from WeChat Pay and a charge message received simultaneously.
Currently, Alipay's "license plate payment" is only available in Henan province and WeCha...
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