Empower Launches Bills Payment Facility Through Emirates NBDATM/CDMs
Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, launched payment facility for its customers through Emirates NBD (ENBD) bank’s ATMs and CDMs across the country. The new service is part of wider customer relation management (CRM) initiatives now being implemented by Empower.
The new service will allow Empower’s more than 65,000 customers to perform almost all the activities related to their district cooling consumption bills, such as viewing the outstanding amount, statements, making payments and getting a receipt at ENBD’s more than 500 ATMs and CDMs in the UAE. In addition, customers can make payment by depositing cash or if the customer has an ENBD account through an online transfer, using the ATM/CDM.
“At Empower we aim to provide all the sophisticated facilities to our customers to ease the payment processes. The new facility, combined with many other modes of payments already made available, will not only drive customer engagement to new levels, but also cater to the increasing expectations of our customers and reinvent the role of ATMs in the fast changing omni-channel world that we live in,” said HE Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower.
“Advances in technology not only facilitate ease of convenience, but also make it easier for customers to manage their account from anywhere, anytime. Our strategic partnership with Emirates NBDwill help our customers manage and pay their bills from any corner in an instant. We are confident that the deployment of this new service will further add to strengthening our customer base and their expectations,” added HE Ahmad Bin Shafar.
The service, which went live this month, is available on all the machines of ENBD across the UAE offering customers safe, secure, and integrated transactions and an enriched experience. To make it easier for customers, a detailed user-manual is also available on the company’s website which explains to first-time users on how to use Empower’s payment facilities and also demonstrates how they can pay with credit cards.
Empower currently operates more than 1.250 Million RT, providing environmentally responsible district cooling services to large-scale real estate developments such as Jumeirah Group, Business Bay, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai International Financial Centre, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Ibn Battuta Mall, Discovery Gardens, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai World trade Centre Residences, Dubai Design District, among others.
Background Information
Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, was formed on 19 June 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai (NBD) which became the first National Bank established in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the blessings of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, NBD merged with Emirates Bank International (EBI) on 06 March 2007, to form Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the region by assets. On 16 October 2007, the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger between EBI and NBD to create Emirates NBD, became a regional consolidation blueprint for the banking and finance sector as it combined the second and fourth largest banks in the UAE to form a banking champion capable of delivering enhanced value across corporate, retail, private, Islamic and investment banking throughout the region.