tap introduces fund transfer, bill payment facility with Visa cards

Trust Axiata Pay or tap, one of the country’s leading mobile financial services providers has launched services for Visa credit card bill payment & fund transfers to any Visa debit card.

Now customers won’t have to worry about any late payment fee or fund transfer to any Visa debit card (Recipient Bank Account), said a press release on Thursday.

By using tap, customers can pay any amount of their Visa credit card bills and more than 35 commercial bank fund transfer to Visa debit cards.

In order to process bill payment on tap, users must log in on the tap app and select the “Pay Bills” option. They must then choose the “Credit Card Bill” option and select “Visa Credit Card Bill” to enter their card number and bill amount payment and select “Remember me” option where the card would be saved for future payments. By using their Personal Identification Number (PIN), they can complete the payment.

Secondly, to process fund transfers to Visa debit cards on tap, users must log into the tap app and go to the more option then select the “Fund Transfer” option. They must then choose the “Visa Debit Card” option and enter their card number and amount, then select “Remember me” to save the card for future fund transfers. As a result, funds can now be transferred from the tap wallet to a bank account linked to 35 commercial bank Visa Debit Card issued in Bangladesh.

tap enables its customers to have access to the facility for Visa credit and 35 commercial bank debit cards issued by any domestic commercial bank. Customers must call the issuer bank right away if they make any errors when paying a bill. SSL commerce has been working as a technological partner in the entire process.

Dewan Nazmul Hasan, CEO (Acting) of Trust Axiata Digital Limited said, ‘‘Banking facilities, all over the world, are becoming much easier. People do not have time to wait in line and receive care at this time. We also want to make people’s lives easier in Digital Bangladesh. tap has enabled the facility to pay credit card bill and debit card fund transfer from the comfort of home.’’

Soumya Basu, Country Manager, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, Visa said, “We have always believed in offering better, more seamless ways for consumers to not just pay but move money. We are delighted to partner with tap and Southeast Bank to offer two services to Visa cardholders – enabling credit card bill payments using Visa cards and money transfers from their wallets to bank-issued Visa debit cards..”