Now pay your bills with Google Tez.
With all the emerging UPI payments in the
smartphone business, Google has also launched its UPI wallet Google Tez
exclusively for India last year. The company has now partnered with 80
billers in India of various services and allows its users to pay their
utility bills.
When the app first launched in India, it
allowed users to transfer money between friends and in-between the
contacts via UPI. It also allowed users to pay to the retailers who had
UPI based payment gateways. Now, Google is adding utility bill payments
feature for its users, the company said in a blog post, “Adding a new
biller is a breeze, and you only have to do it once. Just tap on New
Payment and then Pay your bills. You’ll see a list of billers supported
on Tez across locations. You can also search for them by name. Once
you’ve located your biller, enter the number associated with your
account to link it to Tez and give it an easy name to remember.”
Tez will also fetch your utility bills
every month and reminds the user by sending a timely notification. The
user who has already linked his bank account to his mobile through Tez
can directly pay his bills on time with this new feature. “Checking
whether you’ve paid a bill in the app is as simple as tapping the
biller’s name on your Tez home screen. There, you’ll be able to view all
past payments grouped by biller, as well as manage bills from multiple
accounts,” the company said in its blog post.
Tez has a support of including national
and state electricity providers, gas and water, and DTH recharge. These
include billers like Reliance Energy, BSES and DishTV, and in total will
cover all states and major metros in India. Tez also supports Bharat
BillPay system, which lets you fetch the latest bill from your
providers.
Google to encourage its users to use
Tez, is offering a scratch card for Rs 1000 for every new utility biller
being added by the user this month.
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