GEC NEWS WIREDubai Smart Government bags two awards for ePayment and mobile payment innovation
Dubai Smart Government Department (DSG) has won two prestigious awards at the Smart Card & Payment Awards Middle East 2015 held last week at the Conrad Hotel, Dubai. The first award was for best smart government payment initiative for its ePay gateway and the second was for the innovation of its mobile payment app called mPay. Commenting on the awards, Ahmad Bin Humaidan, DSG Director General, said: “Great importance is attached to ePayment channels and in developing these services, DSG was keen on realizing the concept of smart and connected government by co-operating with a large number of government entities for providing a selected bouquet of services for customers as per their desires and implementing the initiative of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, for providing easy access to all government transactions from one place and through one device.” The ePay gateway has 30 government entities who use it to accept payment of corporate and individual customers for over 250 government services.
