eSewa is the first company in Nepal to allow its clients use online services like sending and receiving money, telephone bill payment including recharge cards for post-paid and pre-paid, ADSL bill payment, utility bill payments, airline ticket purchases, school and college fee payments, payment for movie hall tickets, shopping, restaurant bill payments, and topping up credit cards. [break]
“Earlier people need to have accounts at our partner banks to use eSewa services. With the launch of eSewaZone customers can use our services even if they don´t have bank account,” Asgar Ali, CEO of Fonepay that operates eSewaZone.
Ali said the company has formed a network of three super agents in Kathmandu and 100 agents throughout Nepal. “We will be having 10 super agents in Kathmandu and 1,000 agents through out the country with a minimum of three agents in each district within 2 months,” said Ali.
According to the company, it currently has 100 eSewaZones in the Kathmandu Valley. It plans to have 1,000 such zones within a month. “After a month, we will have 20 eSewaZones outside the Valley,” added Ali.
Ali said eSewa agent will help the customers to register their account at eSewa top up the amount in their account. “The agents will receive Rs 15 commission per member from the company but the best part of the eSewaZone is that it´s all free for the customers,” said Ali.
After creating the account, the agent will top up the customers account by transferring the amount from agent´s bank account to customers eSewa account or customers can upload their credits into eSewa account themselves and start availing the facilities. The masthead in the eSewa´s website shows the current balance the customer has.
Ali said the company has launched eSewaZone with an objective to promote digital payment service.
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