RIYADH — The Ministry of Finance, represented by the National Center for Government Resources Systems (NCGR), launched the electronic payment service for government services fees from within and outside Saudi Arabia. The service will be implemented in cooperation with the Digital Government Authority (DGA). This will be through a collection system for government agencies, which allows the beneficiary to complete the process of paying his service fees through the platform of each government agency that works for the service through bank payment methods such as Mada, Visa, MasterCard, and Sadad. This service comes as part of the ministry's endeavor to develop and regulate the infrastructure in financial technologies for government agencies and to facilitate the beneficiaries by providing unified and integrated digital services as part of its endeavors to achieve the Saudi Vision 2030. DGA Governor Eng. Ahmed Al-Suwaiyan said that this service comes within the framework of improving the customer experience and supporting the digital transformation process within the framework of building an integrated digital society through digital products of high quality and efficiency, which contributes to supporting the digital economy and raising the level of satisfaction of beneficiaries of digital government services provided to them. Deputy Minister of Finance for Revenue Tariq Al-Shohaiban said that this service comes within NCGR's product system aimed at supporting government efforts to promote digital transformation in governmental financial transactions to achieve the goals of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 by providing the best services and solutions to the beneficiaries. This will be in accordance with the best standards and features that contribute to saving time and effort in shortening the previous payment steps into a single step and at one place through the website page for government agencies, and through which payment can be made from inside or outside the Kingdom. This service includes many government agencies, including the Ministry of Interior represented by the Absher platform, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, and other government agencies. For his part, the CEO of NCGR Eng. Yousef Al-Harqan said that the center seeks, through the launch of this service, to provide more efficient and effective digital government services in line with the strategic directions of the digital government in enhancing the efficiency of government performance, and raising the satisfaction rate of beneficiaries, which will contribute to raising the quality of life in the Kingdom.
