National Bank of Pakistan & JazzCash For Driving License
Karachi – 22 June, 2017: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) along with
its strategic partner JazzCash, have introduced digital payment collection
facility for driving license fees across Sindh, by partnering with Traffic and
Licensing Department of Sindh Police. New drivers applying for their driving
licenses in Sindh will pay their fees through a completely new channel built,
where JazzCash would the front channel to interface with customer and NBP will
settle the funds.
A grand signing ceremony took place at the newly
renovated Saleem Vahidy Auditorium of Sindh Driving License Office in Karachi. Mr.
Allah Dino Khawaja, IG Sindh Police, Mr. Saeed Ahmad, President – NBP, Mr.
Faisal Sattar – Head of Business Services Division, Jazzcash
were present on the occasion along with other senior officials including Mr.
Nausherwan Aadil – SEVP/Group Chief CRBG, Mr. Mazhar Nawaz Shaikh – DIG Sindh
Driving License, Mr. Shahid Saeed – SEVP/CIO NBP and Mr. Azfar Jamal EVP/Head –
Payment Services NBP.
Speaking on
the occasion Mr. Saeed Ahmed said “This service offers simplification of work,
which leads to time saving, and minimizes book entry errors as everything will
be done digitally. Leveraging the bank’s financial expertise coupled with the
strength of JazzCash’s extensive network, we are continuously striving to
provide digital solutions to the financial needs of our customer.”
“This solution
has been designed to facilitate drivers across Sindh, so they no longer have to
stand in long queues to pay license fees as per the previous arrangement at the
Pakistan Post counters. Convenience has become a necessity in this digital era,
and JazzCash along with its strategic partner – NBP, is taking the lead in
ensuring not only our customers, but the entire nation experiences the ease
technology offers,” said Faisal Sattar.
“As a leading digital company, our
customer’s financial services needs take top priority and we continue to strive
hard in providing them with the best services. JazzCash remains committed to the digitization of financial services
and facilities like these further enhance our digital payments ecosystem.” Said
Aniqa Afzal Sandhu - Chief Digital and Financial Services
Officer.
The solution will also revamp the driving fee
financial reporting and reconciliation mechanism at NBP. This service has been directly integrated
with Sindh Police’s system & the representative at the counter will use
JazzCash’s digital solutions to make the payment.
NBP and
Jazzcash partnered together in 2015, creating a financial service ecosystem of
1450+ bank branches, 1300+ ATMs and over 70,000 Jazzcash retail outlets across
Pakistan. This unique combination of strengths of both organizations creates a
vast suite of financial services of both branch as well as branchless banking
services.
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