Payments through e-FAWATEERcom increase 36.5 per cent

AMMAN — Payments made through e-FAWATEERcom recorded an increase by 36.5 per cent at the end of May 2016, amounting to JD56.8 million, compared to JD41.6 million at the end of the same period last year.

Data of the bill payment service also showed that the number of bills and financial transactions settled rose by 14 per cent to 547,000, compared to 478,000 during the same period last year, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

Government institutions accounted for most of the payments made through the service, supported by the Central Bank of Jordan, the news agency added.