Payment app MobiKwik ties up with 12 power distribution companies for bill payment gateway

KOLKATA: MobiKwik, a digital payment company in India, announced its tie ups with 12 state electricity boards on Tuesday. 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 roped in by MobiKwik are in 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,” MobiKwik said in a statement.

Speaking on the tie-up, Mrinal Sinha, chief operating officer, 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 100,000 merchants across the country. A pioneer in India’s digital payments industry, MobiKwik also enables cash loading on its wallet with 100,000 touch points across 1000 locations.