Police to trial new online payment system

By ANTOINETTE POIVI
POLICE will be the first Government department to use the electronic receipt system launched on Friday by the Finance Department and the Bank South Pacific Financial Group Limited (BSP).
The system will allow customers to pay for services online via BSP Pay (card-less payment solution) with BSP Mobile Banking and Online Card payments (IPG).
It will be tried out for six months before it is implemented nationwide. Finance Department Deputy Secretary Margaret Tenakanai said the e-receipt system was an enhanced feature of a digital platform designed to optimise revenue collection by enabling citizens to adopt online or mobile payments for government services.
“It enables the Government to reconcile revenue collection by instant e-receipt verification processes.”
The system will help customers in Port Moresby pay fees for police clearance, driver’s licence, crime report and registration of firearms using BSP pay.
“It is anticipated that other government service providers will be added to the platform for the benefit of citizens to pay conveniently for services.
With BSP’s support, we plan to extend payment options on other channels like mobile banking.”
BSP Group Chief Operations Officer Nuni Kulu said building partnerships with government entities for digital payments was crucial.