The UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced the complete suspension of dealing with the “electronic dirham” system to collect its services fees, and to replace it with the direct payment system that depends on the payment methods adopted in the country, in line with the regulations of the Ministry of Finance and within the framework of the joint government work system aimed at providing the best services to customers Ease and ease.
The ministry’s move comes after it has succeeded since last September by the gradual shift from the “electronic dirham” system to the direct payment system in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, and in line with a previous announcement by the Ministry of Finance stipulating that government agencies will be able to gradually stop the use of the previous system.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation stated that customers can recover the remaining balances in the “electronic dirham” through the banks exporting cards, and the approved payment methods that customers can use instead of the “electronic dirham” are considered “Visa” cards, “MasterCard” and “Google Bay” services and “Apple Bay”, or through the points of sale and devices designated for completing payments, which number 3343 devices throughout the country and in 243 business services centers.
Younis El -Khoury, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, said that the “electronic dirham” system has contributed since its launch in the year 2001 to enhancing the position of the entrepreneurial state in the field of financial technology solutions worldwide, as well as in building strategic partnerships with a group of leading national banks to provide a digital experience A very chain of customers.
He added that the Ministry of Finance is keen to continue work and cooperate with various federal and local bodies and bodies with the aim of enhancing integration and coordination among them to develop government financial work.
For his part, Khalil El -Khoury, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation for Human Resources Affairs said that activating the work of the direct payment system comes within the framework of the efforts of the UAE government to improve the experience of customers and raise the level of efficiency of government services and facilitate their procedures for obtaining them and completing them easily and easily, and within the state’s efforts to issue the digital economy In the region, depending on its advanced technological infrastructure.
.
About Author
