In order to satisfy the demand of clients on handling banking business with their mobile phones, ICBC formally introduced the latest Mobile Banking (WAP) 3G service recently which not only offers basic banking services like account inquiry and remittance by transfer, but also is the first to offer investment and financing functions in the domestic industry such as payment, repayment by credit card, installment, funding and gold trade. An insider pointed out that, the introduction of ICBC's Mobile Banking (WAP) 3G signs Chinese Mobile Banking business has formally entered into 3G time, and it will certainly take an important role in driving the development and promotion of 3G technology in China. 

Relevant statistics show, by the end of last June, there were 650 million mobile phone users in China, of them 155 millions surf the Internet with their cell phones, 45.9% of all netizens, representing an increase rate of 32% in comparison with the early of this year. It is predicted that more than 300 million netizens will surf the Internet with their mobile phones in coming two years. Meanwhile, the rapid development of 3G technology is also making Internet one of the most important new media in internet economy time with a great expectation. In order to meet the demand of clients on bank service in 3G time, with the substantial support from 3 major telecommunication operators-China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, ICBC also introduced Mobile Banking (WAP) 3G service within a short period.

According to introduction, ICBC's Mobile Banking (WAP) 3G has following features: first, with rich strong functions, it can offer 7 varieties of services covering tens of items, satisfying the demands of clients on daily financial service as well as investment and financing; secondly, the interface was designed with pages guided by gorgeous graceful pages and pull-down menus that cater for cell phone users' browsing behaviors; thirdly, convenient efficient use fully demonstrates the characters of 3G technology of fast transmission speed and strong data processing ability. Now any client can use the latest ICBC's mobile financial services just by being registered in ICBC's Mobile Banking (WAP), logging on Website of Mobile Banking (WAP) (wap.icbc.com.cn) and then clicking "Mobile Banking (WAP) 3G".   

An ICBC's officer responsible for related matters said that ICBC's Mobile Banking (WAP) business has shown a strong development momentum since this year. Presently ICBC's Mobile Banking (WAP) owns over 20 million users and has been appraised as "Best WAP Brand for Financing Application" by domestic media. ICBC will further enrich and perfect its 3G WAP service according to the demands and experiencing conditions of the users in the future in order to offer more comprehensive quality mobile financial services for all Mobile Banking (WAP) clients.