GP brings GPAY for wallet service

To make the lives of its customers easier, Grameenphone (GP) formally launched the service at a programme held at Westin Hotel in the capital yesterday. Erwan Gelebart, head of mobile financial services (MFS), and Mahmud Hossain, chief corporate affairs officer, along with other senior officials of the leading cellphone operator were present at the launching ceremony. “With the advent of GPAY, customers will not have to stand in long queues for paying their utility bills or buying train tickets. Instead, they will be able to do it 24/7 from anywhere just with a tap of their finger,” said Erwan Gelebart. He said GPAY has the largest biller portfolio with 14 utility companies and it is quickly expanding across the country. Bangladesh strongly needs a cashless ecosystem in the context of Digital Bangladesh vision. As a digital service provider, Grameenphone’s rebranded GPAY Wallet/app will take Bangladesh one step forward towards digitised citizen-centric services for the mass population especially of the deep rural inhabitants. GPAY will be a more convenient, future proof and digitised solution for a range of essential services allowing users to pay different utility bills, buy train tickets and perform wallet refill from bank accounts and or MobiCash outlets. GPAY Wallet lets customers pay their utility bills and refill their own or others GP numbers. To avail these services customers can refill their GPAY Wallets from nearby MobiCash retail outlets or from selected GPAY partner bank accounts: DBBL Rocket Mobile Banking Account, AB Bank core banking account and Islami Bank mCash account or internet banking. They can also refill their wallets from any Grameenphone Center. Customers can easily open a GPAY Wallet by dialing USSD *777#, or  downloading mobile application from Google Playstore, or just by typing ‘Reg’ and sending SMS to 1200 or through MobiCash outlets. Airtime recharge is now possible for both postpaid and prepaid customers of any GP number by dialing *777# or using GPAY App. The GPAY app needs internet connection for usage and GP subscribers’  data usage for the application will be free.