Dh8.2b in revenues collected by e-Dirham

Abu Dhabi: A total of Dh8.2 billion in government services revenues were collected through the e-Dirham system in 2015, marking a 21 per cent increase from the Dh6.78 billion collected in 2014.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Finance, the number of e-services grew by eight per cent from 33.46 million to 36.14 million in 2015, while the total number of transactions increase from 15.2 million to 16.7 million — up 10 per cent.

Since the launch of the e-Dirham in 2011, a total of Dh21.7 billion were collected.