BIDV, VIETPAY launch e-payment service

Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) and Vietnam Electronic Payment Joint Stock Company (VIETPAY) will launch VIETPAY e-payment service at BIDV’s 600 transaction points nationwide from early June.

Customers who are retailers of VIETPAY sim card may top-up their VIETPAY sim accounts via BIDV anytime. Payments can be done via the bank’s online or mobile banking services and VIETPAY’s website.

Nguyen Duy Cuong, director of VIETPAY, said cooperation with BIDV will bring advantages to sim card retailers nationwide. With the VIETPAY sim, retailers can top up accounts for six mobile-phone networks of MobiFone, Vinaphone, Viettel, Vietnamobile, Beeline and S-Fone.

VIETPAY sim card also allows payments for online games of the four largest providers in Vietnam.

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