Dubai Smart Government enhances direct debit service

Dubai: Dubai Smart Government (DSG) has announced the inclusion of Emirates NBD and Emirates Islamic Bank (EIB) into its direct debit service, which is heavily used for ePay and settling of Dubai government fees and services. The ePay gateway allows individual and corporate customers to pay online for many services provided by the participating entities including paying Dewa bills and licence renewal fees, recharging RTA’s Salik and Nol cards, settling Dubai Police traffic fines and donating for Dubai Cares in addition to paying for medical fitness certificates and health care facility licence renewals from Dubai Health Authority, either through credit cards or direct debit from customer’s account with the seven participating banks. Other banks include Commercial Bank of Dubai, Dubai Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and Union National Bank.