Telenor Serbia introduces mobile payment service

By Editor on February 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Serbian mobile network operator, Telenor has introduced a new mobile payment service called PlatiMo. The service will allow customers to pay their bills and perform other financial services via their mobile phones directly from their bank accounts. It is based on G&D’s SIM cards and SmartTrust Over-the-Air (OTA) server software along with Halcom’s mobile payment system.

The Telenor mobile payments scheme has so far attracted the involvement of four banks: Komercijalna bank, Erste Bank, Credit Agricole and Raiffeisen Bank. These four banks between them serve more than 50% of the Serbian market.

Telenor and the partner banks are currently in discussions with merchants and are eager for them to join the scheme as quickly as possible.

For now, subscribers can pay mobile phone bills issued by Telenor, send money to other PlatiMo users, make online purchases, buy airplane tickets via the call centre of Serbia’s largest national air company JAT Airways and top up their prepaid accounts in the Telenor network.

In addition, all PlatiMo users will have access to e-government services through the scheme and will be able to order personal documents, such as birth or citizenship certificates.