{"id":52393,"date":"2019-05-28T14:03:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T09:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=52393"},"modified":"2019-05-28T14:03:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T09:03:06","slug":"integrated-cellular-payment-system-to-be-introduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/integrated-cellular-payment-system-to-be-introduced.html","title":{"rendered":"Integrated cellular payment system to be introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The government plans to introduce a digital payment system for essential items, under which all modes of transactions will be made through smartphones, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cmec-balochistan-govt-agree-to-build-schools-with-prefab-technology.html\">CMEC, Balochistan govt agree to build schools with prefab technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry recently revealed some details pertaining to the matter. He said that he has devised a plan for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that he came up with the idea for an integrated payment system during a visit to China, where almost every transaction takes place on smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that credit and debit cards would likely be abolished in the future due to technological advancements. At present, different banks and cellular companies have a digital system for paying utility bills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/drone-technology-to-be-used-in-tree-plantation-campaign.html\">Drone technology to be used in tree plantation campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chaudhry said that the Ministry of Science and Technology would develop the technology by taking inputs from banks and cellular companies concerned. Moreover, the minister said he has conveyed his proposal to the finance ministry, as well as the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The government plans to introduce a digital payment system for essential items, under which all modes of transactions will be made through smartphones, a news source reported. Read: CMEC, Balochistan govt agree to build schools with prefab technology Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry recently revealed some details pertaining to the matter. He said that he has devised a plan for this purpose. The minister said that he came up with the idea for an integrated payment system during a visit to China, where almost every transaction takes place on smartphones. He stated that credit and debit cards would likely be abolished in the future due to technological advancements. At present, different banks and cellular companies have a digital system for paying utility bills. Read: Drone technology to be used in tree plantation campaign Chaudhry said that the Ministry of Science and Technology would develop the technology by taking inputs from banks and cellular companies concerned. Moreover, the minister said he has conveyed his proposal to the finance ministry, as well as the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":52395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11767],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-52393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-integrated-cellular-payment-system-to-be-introduced"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Integrated cellular payment system to be introduced - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The government plans to introduce a digital payment system for essential items, under which all modes of transactions will be made through\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/integrated-cellular-payment-system-to-be-introduced.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Integrated cellular payment system to be introduced - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The government plans to introduce a digital payment system for essential items, under which all modes of transactions will be made through\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/integrated-cellular-payment-system-to-be-introduced.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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