DPDC bill payment through bKash
September 08, 2019 00:00:00
Kamal Quadir (3rd from left), CEO of bKash, seen at the agreement signing ceremony among DPDC, bKash and BRAC Bank at a city hotel recently
Customers of Dhaka Power Distributor Company (DPDC) will be able to pay electricity bill through bKash, from now on.
bKash will facilitate 1.2 million prepaid and postpaid subscribers of DPDC, the power distributor company of Dhaka, to pay their electricity bills easily from anywhere 24/7. Customers can also check the bill amount from their bKash accounts, said a statement.
Currently, around 27.5 million customers of the large three power distributor companies are able to pay electricity bills through bKash.
The banking partner for DPDC bill payment is BRAC Bank.
The agreement has been signed recently at a hotel in the city among DPDC, bKash and BRAC Bank.
Md. Asaduzzaman, Company Secretary of DPDC; Mizanur Rashid, Chief Commercial Officer of bKash and Tarek Rifat Ullah Khan, Head of Corporate Banking of BRAC Bank signed the agreement on behalf of their respective companies.
Kamal Quadir, CEO of bKash; Engineer Bikash Dewan, MD of DPDC and Md. Sabbir Hossain, DMD & COO of BRAC Bank were present at the event.
To pay the bill through bKash app, customers need to select DPDC from Pay Bill option, thenprovide the DPDC customer number, month and year to see the bill amount. To pay the bill, they can just input the PIN number and complete the bill payment process. Customers can also dial USSD code *247# to pay DPDC bill. After dialing, they need to select '5' from the bKash menufor 'pay bill' service and follow some interactive steps to complete the transaction. After successful payment, the customer will get SMS notification from bKash.
There will be no service charge for customers during the first six months after this launch of DPDC bill payment.