Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014
Dubai: Dubai Smart Government’s (DSG) ePay portal, a medium for instant payment of Dubai government fees through the internet or mobile phones, recorded a 27 per cent jump in collections in 2013 over the previous year, generating Dh5.6 billion, recent statistics revealed.
A total of Dh5.6 billion was collected from 4,547,829 transactions through DSG’s ePay gateway for the benefit of 25 participating local government and non-government entities by the end of December 2013, compared to Dh4.4 billion from 3,318,572 transactions in 2012, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by Dubai Smart Government.
This is accompanied by a 37 per cent increase in the number of completed transactions through the ePay system which enables users to electronically pay for various government services in a secure environment.
Huge benefits
Accordingly, ePay has been offering huge benefits in terms of reducing government expenses through investment in DSG’s technical infrastructure which is offered to all Dubai-based government entities and departments on one hand, and to individual and corporate users on the other, DSG stated. “These results are a clear indication of the growing pace of eTransformation in Dubai; further reflected by the growing demand on the adoption of ePay to complete government transactions. It also expresses the strong confidence of our customers in this highly efficient and secure solution,” Ahmad Bin Humaidan, Director General of Dubai Smart Government, said in a statement.
He added that the ePay portal allows both individuals and corporate users to pay online for more than 250 eServices, either through the second generation eDirham, credit cards or debit cards from five leading banks: Commercial Bank of Dubai, Dubai Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and Union National Bank.
ePay and mPay are part of the Dubai Smart Government’s initiative which aims at providing government services through innovative channels in order to ease the lives of people and businesses interacting with the Government in Dubai.
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