IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

The cost of a bank card with an electronic signature is expected to be 70 rubles higher than the cost of a standard bank card, Nashchyokin said.

Holders of the cards issued by the banks are expected to be able to pay taxes, fines, and make other payments, as well as to pay for government services available on the gosuslugi.ru Web site created under the e-government plan aimed at ensuring the availability of government services on the Internet, Nashchyokin said. The Russian government assigned Rostelecom as the sole contractor for the implementation of the e-government plan in August 2009.

In the years to come , Covid-19 will be regarded as one of the world’s biggest disruptions and it will take time before things return to normal, but the negative part of the virus aside, It has also contributed to some positive changes hygienically and accelerated the transition towards a cashless economy.

Digital payments have completely replaced cash and the good thing is that small scale traders who were slow to adopt the new system have also come on board and Kigali’s transformation into a smart city is very much on course.

In den meisten Regionen der Welt beginnt das Shopping im Netz mit dem Aufruf des gewünschten Online-Ladens in einem Internet-Browser oder dem Eintippen des Namens ersehnter Produkte in eine Suchmaschine. Menschen aus Ländern, in denen Internet-PCs eine Seltenheit sind, müssen dementsprechend draußen bleiben. Das Start-up Slimtrader aus dem amerikanischen Seattle will nun auch diese Märkte mit digitalen Einkaufsmöglichkeiten beglücken: mit Online-Shopping per SMS.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications will draft the Myanmar e-Governance Master Plan (2021-2025) to guide the online transition of major public and administrative functions.

This will be an updated version of the first Myanmar e-governance plan which was drafted for the period between 2016 and 2020.

Consumers here still prefer cash options such as notes and coins; some continue to use cheque books.

Statistics show that generally six in 10 consumer transactions are made in cash here. At hawker centres and in the HDB heartland, the figure rises to 70 per cent.

With clear indications of multiple registrations, even if the commission’s efforts at cleansing and harmonising the data yield figures close to 60 million authentic and verifiable registrations, it sure will still provide a big backbone for the cashless society envisaged by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

NFC allows simplified transactions such as data exchange to be done between two devices that are in close proximity to each other. This technology is a widely used system for making electronic payments.

The Singapore government on Thursday announced that it is developing a national electronic bills payment hub as part of a bigger goal to involve the private sector and individuals in its e-government strategy.

The government plans to develop a new e-payment system that works similar to Alipay, the third-party mobile and online payment platform of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, to draw more merchants to participate in the tax system.

The new e-payment system aligns with the digital government development roadmap (2020-2022) that calls for all government agencies to become fully digitalised by 2022, said Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.

Complaints were received over delays in revenue allocation from the central government to local administrations, and the government could not trace the cause of the delay because of the number of agencies involved in and the complexity of the transaction process.

The Paypers has interviewed Joseph Chan, CEO & Founder of AsiaPay, to learn more about the digital transformation in APAC and the move towards cashless societies

Q: In 2020, the payments industry had to adapt to the swift growth registered by the ecommerce industry. How well is the APAC payments infrastructure equipped to support this move towards digital?

Nowadays, more and more global retail and hospitality brands gear up their regional pan-APAC digital transformation plan to boost sales and services. They aim to address cultural diversity and the main developments happening at a different pace across Asian countries, the fragmented ecommerce market, and payment adoption (e.g., credit card adoption in Hong Kong or Singapore is greater than 90%, while in Indonesia, Vietnam, or Myanmar it is less than 5%). Moreover, with a more digital-ready young generation, a pan-APAC payment platform for businesses and banks would play an important role in future.

Digital payments have transformed the way businesses receive payments and also the way consumers make payments. Be it online money transfer, paying utility bills, or having a personal mobile wallet to save money, digital payment gateways have the potential to usher the country into an era of efficient cashless economy.

Although the advantages of digital payments are widespread, Pakistan has remained slow in adopting this new technological intervention. The need to accelerate the digital payment ecosystem in Pakistan.

How can governments promote financial transparency and efficiency, whilst at the same time keeping their electronic payments secure and compliant? A FutureGov gathering of 27 senior finance officials from the Philippines’ public sector attempted to answer that yesterday, with the help of electronic payments specialists from Visa.

The initiative follows the successful adoption of the same project by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office. At present, pension payments of both agencies are now being coursed through Automated Teller Machines rather than check payments.

“By switching from check to ATM payments, our retired uniformed personnel can gain better and easier access to the benefits due to them. Not only does this expedite the process for claiming benefits among pensioners. It is also a definite step toward improving transparency in the pension release system, which used to be rife with irregularities,” said Florencio Abad, Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management.

The PhilGEPS is the central portal of all public procurement activities that provides both government agencies and suppliers a more open, transparent and competitive environment.

HDMF is the provident financial institution in the Philippines, and membership is mandatory for all Filipino employees, onshore and offshore.

In order to protect our country and our citizens from the Coronavirus (Covid19) epidemic and to prevent the spread of the epidemic, Calf Support Application payments started to be made via e-government.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which declared 2020 as the year of digitalization, gathered all the works and transactions for farmers, citizens and companies under a single roof on the "e-agriculture" portal. Now, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has taken another step to reduce the density in provincial and district directorates against the coronavirus epidemic that has affected the whole world.