Amobile texting serviceto pay bills
has been launched by a partnership between Telrock Communications
and cash and internet payments firm PayPoint.
Telrock will provide its mobile payments system textDebit to
PayPoint under a revenue-sharing agreement. Technology provided
by Telrock enables end-users to make secure payments to clients of
PayPoint using SMS text messaging.
Consumers will pre-register a debit, credit or pre-paid card
which can then be used to pay a variety of bills such as energy,
telecommunications or water, or top up a prepaid mobile phone.
The partnership will create a new payment channel for PayPoint,
complementing its existing over-the-counter cash payments network
and internet payments division.
Telrock's
mobile payment and customer account servicing platform is
already being used by British Gas, Scottish and Southern Energy and
Royal Bank of Scotland Group.