State-owned Rupali Bank PLC has launched an online merchant payment service through the integration of its mobile financial platform RupaliCash with payment gateway provider SSLCOMMERZ, allowing customers to make payments at more than 17,000 merchant outlets.
Rupali Bank Managing Director Kazi Md Wahidul Islam and SSLCOMMERZ Chief Executive Officer Iftekhar Alam Ishaque inaugurated the service on Tuesday, 13 October, at the bank’s head office in Dilkusha, Dhaka, the bank said in a press release.
The integration will allow RupaliCash users to make payments securely across SSLCOMMERZ’s merchant network, covering retail businesses, educational institutions, hospitals, transport operators and other service providers.
Customers will be able to pay tuition fees, settle e-commerce purchases, recharge mobile phones, pay utility bills and make other payments through RupaliCash.
Merchants covered by the service include Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority, Aarong, Anjan’s, Artisan Outfitters Limited, Apex Footwear Limited, ACI Limited, Monipur High School, Agora Superstore, Asgar Ali Hospital Limited, Shohoz Limited, Bangladesh Eye Hospital and Institute Limited and BDTickets.
The network also includes Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute, 10 Minute School, BIRDEM General Hospital, 360 Academy, Delta Hospital Limited, NOVOAIR Limited, Bangladesh Computer Council, US-Bangla Airlines Limited, As-Sunnah Foundation, Bidyanondo, Adamjee Cantonment College and Bangladesh Cricket Board.
Other participating institutions include Abdul Kadir Molla International School, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, A L Khan High School, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Bangladesh Agricultural University, BIAM Laboratory School and College, Banglalink Digital Communications Limited, Crescent Footwear Limited, Unimart Limited, Daffodil International University, BDCOM Online Limited and Motijheel Model School and College.
The bank said the initiative would expand the scope of digital transactions, reduce reliance on cash and strengthen financial inclusion.
Rupali Bank Deputy Managing Directors Md Harunur Rashid and Mohammed Shahedur Rahman attended the inauguration.
Also present were the bank’s Chief Information Technology Officer Md Wahidul Islam Sarker, SSLCOMMERZ General Manager and Head of Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) Md Mohiuddin Tawfik and Manager Md Touhid Hasan.
