“Paymaster
is pleased to have the reinstatement of cheque payments, as this is of great
benefit and convenience to our customers, many of whom prefer using this medium
for payment”
Vice President of
Marketing, Sales, Client and Corporate Service, Natalie St Louis stated in a
release from Paymaster regarding JPS Co
Looks
like Prepaid money may be CONEC-ting with Jamaican a little earlier than
expected. Sorry, but I love making bad pun jokes!
JPS
Co (Jamaica Public Service Company) has restarted the relationship with the
Bill payment company so that people can pay their bill via Paymaster as
reported in the article “Paymaster
resumes collection of cheques for JPS bill payment”, published Friday,
December 18, 2015, The Jamaica
Gleaner.
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This
can be clearly seen if you visit the JPS
Co EBill section of JPS Co’s website and look their list of Bill payment
processors.
This
comes as a surprise to many but to me seems almost natural. JPS Co has an EBILL
service as detailed in my MICO
Wars blog entitled “JPS
C re-launches EBILL Service with Gleaner Online as Mobile Money App a
possibility” that allows you to get
your Electricity Bill via one of several channels:
1.
SMS (Short Message Service) Text
2.
Email
3.
Call Customer Care Centre at
18882255575 (Lime) or 18889355575 (Digicel)
4.
JPS EBILL Website
5.
Visit Parish Offices and speak to a
customer service representative
This
latest partnership suggests that in the future, Jamaican can pay their
Electricity bill using a Mobile Money platform. After all, what's the point of
receiving an EBILL if you cannot
pay it?
Paymaster doing JPS Co
Bills - Why CONEC Mobile Money to PAYG EBILL's before Digicel Mobile Money
How
did I come to this crazy conclusion?
By
virtue of the statement released by JPS Director of corporate communications.
Winsome Callum, which based on the wording, hints at a Mobile Money solution
coming in 2016, quote: “Convenience and quality customer service remain top of
mind for us here at JPS. We continue to explore opportunities that increase the
ease of doing business with our company, and that reflect our approach to
providing a variety of solutions to our valued customers”.
So
it’s set then!
With
Paymaster now renewing the relationship with JPS Co, the option to pay your
bill using CONEC Mobile, the Mobile
Money service being offered by JCCUL (Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union) is
possible.
This
as before Digicel had purchase Paymaster, Paymaster was the Third-party Bill
Payment Processor for JCCUL (Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League)'s CONEC Mobile Wallet since
September 2014 as explained in my blog article
entitled “JCUES
now CONEC Mobile Wallet - Why CONEC Mobile Wallet still inconvenient despite
Paymaster and Remittances in the JCCUL-Mozido Jamaica mix” is now possible
in early2016!
But
more interestingly, it also suggests that later in 2016, Jamaican can use
Digicel's Mobile Money platform, once it launches, to pay their JPS Co bills.
Paymaster is now a part of Digicel Jamaica’s Mobile Money plans as pointed out
in my blog
article entitled “Why
Digicel's purchase of Paymaster means Mobile Money is launching in 2016 has
apparently acquired their first major customer for Mobile Money payments”.
So
JPS Co will finally close the loop, making it truly possible to pay your PAYG
(Pay as You Go) Prepaid Meter Bills directly from your smartphone instead of
that clunky interface that their now 800 plus users strong have to struggle
with as noted in my blog article
entitled “800
for JPS Co's Prepaid Power in 2 Months - How @myJPSonline PAYG spreading like
Wild Fire among 2000 Guinea Pigs in the Summer of 2015”.
Suddenly,
I'm no longer interested in Christmas; I can't wait for 2016 to come around to
witness Mobile Money in action.....not to mention have an excuse to buy a
smartphone and CONEC with a shopkeeper!
Here’s
the link:
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