MobiKwik has announced its partnership with 12 state electricity boards. The move comes as a part of MobiKwik’s expansion plan to set up a national base for utility payments. The state electricity boards that have been tied up with are Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tripura, Meghalaya, Calcutta, Rajasthan and union territories of Daman and Diu.
Customers in these states will now be able to pay their electricity bills using Mobikwik website or app. The company already provides bill payment services for prominent power discoms such as Reliance Energy, BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. and Chhattisgarh Electricity Board.
Speaking on the tie-up, Mrinal Sinha, COO, MobiKwik, said, “With these tie-ups, Mobikwik now provides electricity bill payment services for 25 power discoms in India. This development is in line with our vision to make digital payments ubiquitous.”
MobiKwik has a network of 32 million users and 100000 merchants across the country. A pioneer in India’s digital payments industry, MobiKwik also enables cash loading on its wallet with 100000 touch points across 1000 locations.