Abu Dhabi, Jan. 30th, 2008 (WAM) -- Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) and Dubai eGovernment signed on Wednesday the Electronic Direct Debit Services Agreement, formalizing the Bank's inclusion as a direct debit bank for e-payment services relating to Dubai Government.
The signing ceremony, held at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai, was attended by Salem Khamis Al Shair, Director of eServices, Dubai eGovernment and Sarie Arar, Head of Business Banking Group, ADCB. Through the BizDirect ePayment System, corporate and retail customers holding an account with ADCB and who have registered in ADCB@ctive, can pay Dubai Government-related fees electronically. Under the arrangement, ADCB customers will need to go to the relevant Dubai Government agency portal, and then select fees payment. Customers will then be redirected to the Dubai eGovernment ePay Gateway, where they will choose ?direct debit? as payment mode followed by selecting ADCB as the paying bank and finally authorizing the payment. Salem Al Shair, eServices Director, Dubai eGovernment, said : ?Ever since the launch of the direct debit payment system a year ago, we have seen a significant increase in the number of online payment transactions for government departments. ''With Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank now offering this service to its customers, we expect the number of online payment transactions to go up considerably, given that ADCB is one of the leading banks in the country with a rapidly growing customer base,''he added. Sarie Arar, Head of Business Banking Group at ADCB, said: 'We are pleased to have entered into this partnership with the Dubai eGovernment to make the electronic direct debit services available to all our corporate and retail customers. Our customers should enjoy the full benefits of paying their Dubai Government-related fees online, using a secure and robust payment infrastructure. This, he indicated, should also bolster Dubai eGovernment's initiative of providing high quality and value-added services to the public'.Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2008.
