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Bharat BillPay, launched by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has onboarded Banglore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) and Banglore Water Supply and Sewage Board (BWSSB) to empower over one crore consumers for secure and easy bill payment.
Currently, 107 billers across India with over 2.4 million agent outlets have been enabled. Nearly 30,000 agents have been on-boarded in Bengaluru that makes the ecosystem accessible to over one crore consumers.
Key billers in Karnataka besides Bescom and BWSSB that are part of Bharat BillPay ecosystem are Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company (Gescom), Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (Cescom) and Hubli Electricity Supply Company (Hescom). Other major national billers are Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Jio, BSNL- Postpaid, Tata Sky, Dish TV, Sun Direct- DTH etc.
A R Ramesh, Chief Project Officer, Bharat Bill Payment System, NPCI said, “Bescom has partnered with Vijaya Bank for Bharat BillPay which has significantly increased accessibility of consumers to the biller on various channels. Also, BWSSB is one of the new billers that is on-boarded for the first time on an interoperable bill payment ecosystem through Canara Bank. With Bharat BillPay, we strive to make consumer’s life easier by providing a one stop destination for all their recurring bills.”
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