27/01/2016 05:54 AST
e-Dirham, a payment tool introduced by the government of the United Arab Emirates with the aim of facilitating the collection of revenues of governmental and non-governmental service fees in a safe and secure way, has reported the e-collection of Dhs8.2 billion in 2015, a 21 per cent increase compared to Dhs6.78 billion in 2014.
In the corresponding period, the total number of e-services has grown by 8 per cent from 33.46 million to 36.14 million while the total number of transactions have increased from 15.17 million to 16.73 million a 10 per cent growth.
The number of e-Dirham ‘Alhaslah’ cards issued rose to 639,000 from 595,000 a 7.4 per cent growth over the same period.
The total number of cards is now 1.8 million, which can be used across 5,000 e-Dirham Point of Sale, POS, devices across the UAE.
Since the launch of e-Dirham G2, the Ministry of Finance, MoF, in partnership with the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, NBAD, a total of 100 million e-service transactions with a total value of Dhs21.66 billion has been collected.
Saeed Rashid Al Yateem, Assistant Under-Secretary of Resources and Budget Sector at MoF, said, “These figures reflect the value added by the e-Dirham to the UAE’s financial sector, as part of the country’s smart government initiatives. The 2015 results prove that the speed and efficiency of the e-Dirham system ensures the maximum utilisation of time, effort and resources.”
“MoF continues to innovate and with the automation of revenue collection, government institutions and companies are now able to generate detailed, real-time databases and reports that are vital in their decision making and future planning.”
Saif Al Shehhi, Senior Managing Director- UAE Government and VVIP Clients at NBAD, said, “The 2015 results confirm the ever increasing importance of e-Dirham system as an affordable means of payment for public and private services as well as a revenue collection that is efficient, convenient, user friendly.”
The Gulf Today
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