I
prepaid for my flight tickets online before I left for the trip.
我提前在网上预付了机票费用。
She
prepaid the rent for the entire year to avoid any late fees.
她提前预付了一整年的租金以避免滞纳金。
The company offers a discount for customers who prepay their electricity bill quarterly.
公司对季度预付电费的客户提供折扣。
He decided to prepay his credit card balance to take advantage of the promotional offer.
他决定提前偿还信用卡欠款以享受促销优惠。
You can prepay your phone bill at any convenience store in the city.
你可以在城市的任何便利店预付电话费。
Parents often prepay for their child's education at private schools to secure a spot.
家长们常常预付私立学校的学费来保证孩子的入学名额。
The homeowner chose to prepay the mortgage to reduce interest payments over time.
房主选择提前偿还抵押贷款以减少长期的利息支出。
The mobile app allows users to prepay for public transportation passes, saving them time at the station.
这款手机应用让用户能预付公共交通卡，省去在站台排队的时间。
The utility company requires customers to prepay their water and gas bills to ensure a steady supply.
公用事业公司要求用户预付水费和煤气费以确保供应稳定。
Many grocery stores now accept prepayment for online orders, making delivery faster.
许多杂货店现在接受在线订单的预付款，以便更快地送货上门。
com, has introduced strategic investment from a government-backed capital platform to further collaborate on supply chains, capital and operations, as part of the retailer's efforts to ease its tensions with suppliers and prepaid card members.
com引入了政府支持的资本平台的战略投资，以在供应链、资本和运营方面进一步合作，这是该零售商缓解与供应商和预付卡会员紧张关系的努力的一部分。
Earlier this month, rumors that Carrefour would close more stores fueled concerns among suppliers and resulted in panic buying from prepaid card members.
本月早些时候，家乐福将关闭更多门店的传言引发了供应商的担忧，并导致预付卡会员的恐慌性购买。
In a statement, Carrefour China said they have adopted temporary limits on the use of prepaid cards due to the impact of the pandemic, strategic shifts and rumors of the retailer's exit.
家乐福中国在一份声明中表示，由于疫情的影响、战略转变和该零售商退出的传言，他们对预付卡的使用采取了临时限制。
They have improved supply chains in an effort to meet surging purchases using prepaid cards.
他们改善了供应链，以应对使用预付卡激增的购买。
According to the Beijing Times, the Carrefour Shuangjing store in Beijing early this month has shown a supply shortage as a result of the panic buying from consumers who purchased prepaid cards, who are worried about not being able to spend the money saved in their cards once stores are closed.
据《京华时报》报道，由于购买预付卡的消费者的恐慌性购买，家乐福北京双井店本月初出现了供应短缺，他们担心一旦门店关闭，就无法花掉卡上省下的钱。
Moreover, many products are not able to be purchased with prepaid cards such as snacks, beverages and instant foods, triggering more concerns among consumers.
此外，许多产品无法使用预付卡购买，如零食、饮料和即食食品，这引发了消费者的更多担忧。
Their supply chains have recently improved to meet the surging purchases of prepaid cards.
他们的供应链最近有所改善，以满足预付卡购买量的激增。
Due to worries that prepaid coffees and coupons would no longer be usable as a result of the company's crisis, consumers reportedly have queued at some of Luckin's stores in big cities to buy coffee.
While AT&T and Verizon dominate the overall US wireless market, T-Mobile is the most popular among customers who make less than $75,000 per year, and Sprint's Boost Mobile prepaid brand counts 83 percent of its users in that income range, according to Kagan, S&P Global Market Intelligence data.
Critics of the deal fear it will likely lead to higher prices for the poorest Americans, many of whom use prepaid wireless plans.
The companies have offered to sell Boost to reduce the combined company's market share in the prepaid business.
For small-scale VAT taxpayers in Hubei province, the tax rate will be reduced to 1 percent from 3 percent for taxable sales income and some prepaid VAT items.
Pure, which asks for monthly payments instead of long-term prepaid cards, has raised its prices by 10 to 25 percent compared with last year, according to individual membership terms and conditions.
"In China, house agencies usually require the tenant to pay a rental deposit — roughly a month's rent, and prepay rents for three months, which means I need to pay at least 20,000 yuan to a house agency before I move into an apartment.
More than 80 percent of respondents surveyed recently by the China Youth Daily newspaper said they have used prepaid cards for making consumer purchases, while almost 90 percent believed it imperative to further regulate the market.
近日，《中国青年报》对受访者进行的一项调查显示，超过80%的人表示曾使用预付卡进行消费，而近90%的人认为对这一市场进行进一步规范至关重要。
Wang Xiaoshan, who works in a financial enterprise in the northwestern Chinese city of Xi'an, said she used a prepaid card for washing her car.
王小山，任职于中国西北部城市西安的一家金融企业，表示她使用预付卡为洗车付款。
With the prepaid card, it's only 20 yuan per time, which is a lot cheaper," she said.
她说：“使用预付卡的话，每次只需20元，要便宜很多。”
However, Wang admitted that sometimes using prepaid cards can cause her problems.
然而，王承认有时使用预付卡会给她带来麻烦。
According to the survey, when using prepaid cards, 48 percent of the respondents said they have encountered situations where the merchant refused to refund the fee after the issuance of the card.
调查显示，使用预付卡时，有48%的受访者表示他们曾遇到过商户在卡片发行后拒绝退还相关费用的情况。
Meanwhile, 47.5 percent said they cannot use their prepaid money if they lose the original card.
同时，有47.5%的人表示，如果丢失原始卡片，他们将无法使用已充值的钱款。
Wang said that she once lost her carwash prepaid card and the merchant refused to issue another one, despite having her information.
王女士表示，她曾不慎遗失了洗车预付卡，尽管她提供了个人信息，但商家仍拒绝为其补办一张新的。
State-owned carriers, however, have been more cautious, and they only provide options like prepaid seat selection on international flights.
The discounted price of China Unicom's 5G Refreshing Ice Cream package is 90 yuan per month with a prepaid fee and a 12-month contract.
At present, such payment businesses are divided into online payments, card acquiring and prepaid card businesses, the PBOC said.
Institutions engaged in the operation of stored-value accounts should not pay users interest or other income related to the balance of their payment accounts or prepaid funds.
Therefore, commercial banks are unwilling to encourage homebuyers to prepay mortgages, experts said.
Secured Pay is a digital yuan prepaid fund management system.
In other words, the smart contract examines whether the preset event of payment has taken place and decides accordingly whether or not to transfer prepaid funds in the digital wallet to the business.
Until the transfer, the prepaid money in the wallet is owned by the consumer.
"Consumers showed stronger-than-expected willingness to try the new prepaid fund solution," Zhao said.
Secured Pay, he said, would ensure hassle-free refund of prepaid money in case the educational institution goes bust or shuts down for whatever reason.
Experts said the prepaid fund management system demonstrates the great potential of digital yuan applications — especially those based on smart contracts — to reduce transaction costs, protect consumer rights and boost the efficiency of economic activities.
Zhao at BOCOM said the lender has been working to incentivize more businesses to use the prepaid fund solution Secured Pay, as part of its ramped-up efforts to ensure the system is commercially sustainable.
For instance, although e-CNY itself does not carry interest, a possible way is being explored to enable businesses receive the interest generated by the prepaid money, Zhao said.
The Digital Currency Institute of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, unveiled the advance payment solution called "Yuan Steward" on Thursday, which employs digital yuan smart contracts in e-CNY wallets to prevent payees from wrongfully taking prepaid money.
The prepaid money is owned by the consumer before the business completes the provision of services or goods.
Di said this new solution marks a contrast with traditional prepaid modes in which prepaid money is owned by businesses and placed in their accounts at commercial banks, potentially putting consumer rights at risk.
The prepaid training fee belongs to consumers unless the pupil takes the lesson.
More than 200 companies in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, were linked to a new prepaid e-CNY platform on May 6, which was the first such application in China.
More than 200 firms in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, have adopted a new prepaid digital yuan or e-CNY platform, marking the nation's first pilot of prepaid e-CNY applications.
"We have expanded the prepaid e-CNY applications to many industries, including education and training institutions, gyms, beauty and hair salons," said Peng Baiping, vice-president of the Shenzhen branch of China Construction Bank, at a contract signing ceremony for one such platform in Shenzhen on Friday.
Prepaid card-based consumption is a popular model in many industries, but refunds and compensation are usually difficult through conventional payment methods if the services are terminated due to various reasons.
Digital currency can empower consumers to protect their legal rights and interests and minimize the risk in prepaid capital because the fund will be supervised through smart contracts and it is unalterable.
If the service providers fail to continue the service due to their own reasons, consumers can apply for a rapid refund of prepaid money.
"It also demonstrates the technological improvement of the digital yuan, considering the distinguished usage of 'smart contract' in the prepaid card model.
"The conventional prepaid card used to cause piles of disputes and some even used to take advantage of it as an illegal fundraising tool, leading to various financial and social risks.
The prepaid digital yuan solution can help reduce such disputes and improve market supervision efficiency.
"He said he believes the method is also suitable for apartment renting deposit payments, sales promotions of beauty salons and supermarkets' prepaid cards.
"Currently, some of our students have started to use the prepaid e-CNY platform and we will promote it to our thousands of students gradually," said Fang Jinfeng, president of a training school TaoLiWeilai in Shenzhen.
He disclosed that the local government has started supervision of prepaid funds by setting up dedicated regulatory accounts since 2020, but the settlement each time takes quite long and needs several processes.
While full details of the Financial Stability Fund have not been disclosed yet, Li Peijia, Bank of China's senior analyst, explained that prepaid capital from financial institutions may comprise a major source of the fund, in case they get entangled in any difficult situation.
For example, the technology will help prevent the illegal withdrawal of funds deposited in prepaid accounts.
For example, the digital RMB e-wallet with smart contracts, also known as a "smart wallet", has a powerful feature that allows users to implement payment autonomously under certain conditions and rules, which can prevent the illegal withdrawal of funds deposited in prepaid accounts, according to Mu Changchun, director general of the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China.
There are five technology plans for DC/EP－the account-based electronic wallet, the QR code, NFC(near field communication) payment, bank cards on mobile phones, and prepaid cards.
KCB Kenya Head of Channels Dennis Njau said that the collaboration will see the issuance of UnionPay Prepaid Travel Mate cards in the Eastern Africa region.
As a result of the partnership, UnionPay prepaid and debit cards with chip-enabled technology, will be issued, first into the Kenyan market and then extended into East Africa.
UnionPay International CEO, Cai Jianbo said that the prepaid cards to be rolled out in East Africa will feature UnionPay contactless technology called "Quickpass" which provide speed and convenience to cardholders at major retailers, grocery stores, cinemas, parking lots, mass transit and taxis.
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