Rickshaw fare can now be paid through mobile phone, thanks to a new groundbreaking feature by mobile financial service Trust Axiata Pay or ‘tap’. Riders will no longer need to look for the wallet after a rickshaw ride and pay the fare using tap. Rickshaw pullers similarly don’t have to worry about carrying a lot of change when they receive payment on tap.
The feature was launched on Saturday as a pilot project by tap.
The Managing Director & CEO Trust Bank limited and Director, Trust Axiata Digital Limited Humaira Azam, inaugurated the project.
Dewan Nazmul Hasan, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of tap was also present in a launching event held in the capital’s Dhanmondi area.
As part of the project 300 rickshaw pullers were given ID cards with QR codes. Passengers will be able to send their fares to the driver’s wallet by scanning this code by the tap app on their phones.
Rickshaw drivers will receive Tk10 bonus for every payment from tap, which will be added on top of the fares they receive.
At the event, Managing Director & CEO Trust Bank limited and Director, Trust Axiata Digital Limited Humaira Azam said, “tap has taken this initiative to bring digital financial services at the grassroots level. We hope that this initiative will play a role in creating Digital Bangladesh under the leadership of the honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina”.
