Power bill payment service via banks available in Khanh Hoa Province now has brought a lot of convenience for power users in the province...
Power bill payment service via banks available in Khanh Hoa Province now has brought a lot of convenience for power users in the province.
Since 2012, Khanh Hoa Power Company (KHPC) has connected with some banks in the province to launch power bill payment service. In the province now, there are 9 banks supplying this service, namely Agribank, Vietcombank, Vietinbank, BIDV, ABBank, Techcombank, MBBank, LienVietPostBank and HDBank. The service enables users to pay power bills by ATM or Internet Banking. In another way, when KHPC sends bill to bank customer registers the service, the bank will deduct the customer’s account and inform to the customer’s cellphone by SMS.
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| If these customers registered power bill payment via banks, they wouldn't have to come to KHPC to pay their bills. |
Till March, 2014, 400,000 people have opened accounts at banks. However, there are 5,639 power bill payments through banks, making up only 1.41% the number of account holders. The figures show potentials of power bill payment through banks. According to KHPC’s report, in 2012, 52,245 bills with VND257.1 billion were be paid through banks; in 2013, the figures rose to 67,669 bills and VND331.6 billion. Particularly, in the first three months of 2014, the figures were 22,667 bills with VND75.6 billion.
According to Nguyen Thi Tuyet Hong, KHPC’s sales manager, the above increases of figures year by year prove the effectiveness of this service. It is expected to change the habit of paying bills at home by cash.
The power bill payment service is highly appreciated by users owing to its convenience. Vo Thi Hong Minh, living in Loc Tho Ward, Nha Trang, said, “At first, I was afraid of changing to a new payment way, but then when I use this service I feel it’s very useful as my work is so busy that I have no time to go to the power company to pay bills. The banking service has helped me.”
Cao Thanh Huy, living in Phuoc Long Ward, Nha Trang, said, “Now I feel paying power bills via Internet Banking of Vietcombank is very convenient.”
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