The final round of the 11th "Payment and Clearing Cup" Green Payment to Support the Development of the Real Economy Competition was held in Jinan, Shandong province recently.

The competition was supported by the People's Bank of China Shandong branch and co-organized by the Shandong Provincial Payment and Clearing Association and the Shandong Finance, Trade and Financial Union. Qilu Bank's project "Farmer e-Loan: Supporting Financial Agricultural Development and Technological Innovation" won the first prize in the group category.

The competition started in August and focused on the theme of green payment. The declared cases covered e-commerce, automotive, catering, new energy, public transportation, rural revitalization, resident employment, and support for small and micro enterprises.

Following the rules and procedures of the competition, after the case declaration, expert evaluation, and preliminary rounds, 12 units' cases made it to the final round.

Qilu Bank's project stood out due to its notable teamwork, innovative presentation format, effective strategy and impressive display of work.

In the future, Qilu Bank will continue to strengthen the adoption of digital tools and development of urban-rural integration, promote business innovation and deep integration of financial payment, improve the rural financial payment environment, and provide safer, more convenient, and efficient payment and clearing services for customers from the countryside, fully supporting the development of rural vitalization.