Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Finance, MoF, has today announced the launch of the eD-Mobile/Wallet smart phone applications which will enable eDirham customers to use auxiliary and stored value amounts for making payment transactions, without having to physically produce a card.
eD-Mobile/Wallet applications, which support the UAE’s national plan towards an electronic and smart government, enables users to make secure, easy, fast and convenient electronic payments for services via the internet and mobile phones.
eD-Mobile provides a list of features that allow eDirham registered users to inquire and pay for governmental services, generate eD-Wallet Token IDs, access eDirham card mini-statements, check card balances, add credit to prepaid and direct debit bank cards, access reports, feedback and data alongside other support features.
Fast growth
Saeed Rashid Al Yateem, Assistant Under-Secretary for Resources and Budget Sector at MoF, said, “Mobile payments are experiencing a fast-paced growth nowadays, and our launch today of eD-Mobile/Wallet applications is another milestone in the continuous rally to keep up with the latest technologies, in order to provide eDirham system users with a variety of feasible and convenient channels.” “The smart eDirham mobile applications will be considered the primary consolidated payment service of all federal government service fees in the near future, where the users can request and review any of the government services that concern them, complete the service application and make the required payment. The payment process is now available through a variety of means including eD-Wallet,” Al Yateem added.
