KARACHI: JS Bank signed an agreement with National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (NIFT) for enabling digital commerce payments through NIFT’s DFS platform under the brand name “NIFT ePay”. The agreement was signed by Haider Wahab, CEO - NIFT and Noman Azhar – Chief Digital Officer, JS Bank in presence of teams from both organizations.

Now customers without debit or credit cards can conduct e-commerce transactions directly through their accounts maintained with any member bank of NIFT e-Payment gateway. On the other hand, Banks gain the ability to offer a digital platform for all collection mandates through an account-based local payment gateway. This partnership is yet another step in JS Bank’s efforts to provide digital payment channels to retail customers while offering payment and collection platforms to businesses.

Noman Azhar, Chief Digital Officer JS Bank stated, “Through this partnership. JS Bank aims to enable an inclusive financial system for customers who are currently unable to engage in e-commerce transactions due to lack of a debit or credit card. Our customers are now free to make online payments via their account thereby providing a seamless and frictionless customer experience.”

Speaking on the occasion, Haider Wahab, CEO – NIFT said, we are delighted to onboard JS Bank having a defined digital payments strategy on NIFT ePay payment gateway.—PR

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