Sify offers online payment service with BillDesk
New
Delhi,
Apr
1:
Consumer
internet
and
enterprise
services
provider
Sify
Ltd
has
tied
up
with
payments
service
provider
BillDesk
to
provide
bill
payment
services
at
Sify
I-Ways.
This
service
will
enable
consumers
to
pay
online
utility
bills
such
as
landline
phone
bills,
mobile
bills,
electricity
bills,
water
taxes,
gas,
insurance,
internet,
subscription
to
books
and
periodicals,
and
donations.
''The
customers
no
longer
need
to
worry
about
standing
in
long
queues
or
using
credit
cards.
This
initiative
is
a
step
further
towards
making
Sify
I-Ways
complete
e-stores,''
Mr
Pijush
Kanti
Das,
President,
Access
media,
Sify
Ltd
said.
Under
the
scheme,
the
customer
is
required
to
walk-in
to
a
Sify
I-Way
with
his
bill.
The
cafe
host
will
input
the
bill
and
payment
details
and
give
the
customer
an
instant
receipt
confirming
the
bill
payment.
He
will
collect
money
for
the
bills
payment
plus
minimal
service
charges.
The
consumers
can
access
to
the
online
service
from
I-Ways
morning
to
late
evenings
on
all
days
including
Sundays.
This
initiative
will
first
be
launched
in
the
top
seven
metros
--
Delhi,
Mumbai,
Chennai,
Kolkata,
Bangalore,
Hyderabad
and
Pune
and
later
in
other
cities
across
India.
BillDesk
Director
Ajay
Kaushal
said,
''The
reach
and
network
of
Sify's
I-Ways,
combined
with
BillDesk's
domain
expertise,
is
sure
to
make
bill
payments
less
of
a
chore
for
people.''
At
present
the
average
Indian
household
in
the
top
10
cities
pays
about
42
bills
annually,
most
of
it
to
finance,
insurance,
telecommunications
and
utilities
companies.
While
online
bill
payment
services
have
been
available
in
the
country
for
over
a
decade,
their
use
is
still
limited
by
lack
of
awareness
on
the
option,
reluctance
to
use
credit
cards
online
or
divulge
bank
information.
UNI