Pingnan launches a one-card service for rural residents

( chinadaily.com.cn )

Updated: 2014-08-05

 

Li Fudian, an 82-year-old man, got his social security pension with his social security card in Fangyuan village, Xiaxiang township, Pingnan county on July 30. [Photo / cn-bsy.com]

The rural credit cooperatives in Pingnan county, Fujian province, have adopted a one-card service system, enabling rural residents to enjoy all the financial services with one social security card. The card can be used for all the services in micropayment sites set up in the villages.

The card combines personal money including savings, loan, grain subsidy and subsidies for the poor and disabled, which used to be parceled out among many separate cards, into one social security card, to offer comprehensive services ranging from depositing and withdrawing money, account transfers, and payments for electricity and phone bills.