Smart Telecom, the third-largest telecom company in Nepal, has brought an attractive recharge offer for its users.

As per the offer, with a recharge of Rs.1000, you can get 6GB data, 200 min talk time, and 200 SMS at the main balance of Rs. 980.4. And, it will be valid for 30 days.

Similarly, with a recharge of Rs. 500, you can get 3GB Data, 100 min talk time, and 100 SMS at the main balance of Rs. 490.2, valid for 30 days.

Likewise, with a recharge of Rs. 200, you can get 800 MB Data, 20 min talk time, and 20 SMS at the main balance of Rs. 196.08, valid for 15 days. And, with a recharge of Rs.100, you can get 400MB Data, 10 min talk time, and 10 SMS at the main balance of Rs. 98.04 valid up to 7 days.

 

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Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Smart meter will be the biggest deployment use case of IoT/M2M in Nepal as of now. The implementation comes into effect as a part of a project called Kathmandu Valley Smart metering project (KVSM). Now, NEA will put a smart electricity meter for the new electrification request.

The smart meters enables real-time data monitoring of the energy usage at each offices or home. They can even connect or disconnect the electricity supply remotely. The smart meters are also called TOD meters (Time of Day). Which allows charging the electricity rate differently at different times. They can perform meter readings remotely without the need to send NEA employees to customers' homes. The data is collected to the central server of the system through GSM/GPRS connectivity. The Smart meters have an RF module to send the data to the server at regular intervals.

“The installation of the smart meter can improve efficiency and modernize the service provided by the state. This is a milestone towards meeting the government’s target to make prosperous Nepal and Happy Nepali,” said Minister Pun while addressing the program.

Minister Pun added that the NEA is working to beautify cities by installing an underground distribution system.

“As there will be post-paid and pre-paid options in the smart meter, the tariff can be paid as per the wishes of a consumer through an online bill,” said Kul Man Ghising, Managing Director of NEA.

Advantage of Smart Meters installation

-- Authority can cut the lines remotely of those consumers who do not pay tariffs on time 
--Leakage caused by the traditional meter readers can be manipulated
-- Electricty theft can be reduced drastically 
-- Consumer will get meter reading without human intervention (no need of meter readers)
--Better management of power outages by NEA

What is smart meter & how works?

Smart Meters are the electronic device that replaces the traditional meters for several utilities. They have an RF module inside the meters which sends the consumed unit information to the server on regular interval through several connectivity options like WiFi, non-cellular IoT and cellular connectivity (2G, 3G, & 4G, etc). 

After collecting data from customer meter data management software will analyze the data for several reports or predictions of the loads, customer consumption details on 24 hrs basis Using the 2G or 3G or 4G connectivity, the smart meter sends the usage units data to the server periodically.

Prepaid metering

The software needs to continuously monitor the energy consumption of the prepaid meter, also sending low credit notifications. Currently, they perform the billing of the most meters as post-paid where the meter readers visit customer premises for manual billing. Nowadays your home internet/mobile is working as a prepaid module.

As you noticed such SMS low credit notification from respective service providers. Customers can also view the consumption details including current and the historical data, either through a web portal or a mobile app. NEA can also deploy prepaid billing where the system reduces the available credit based on consumption. 

NEA has partnered with the government-owned telco, NTC (Nepal Telecom) to provide the SIM card for cellular data connectivity. 

 

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Technological advancement in today’s world has led to digitization of money. Cashless economy, nowadays, has become the goal of several countries. Introduction of cryptocurrency and digital wallets are major step towards cashless economy.

Digital Wallet, also known as e-wallet or mobile wallet, is a virtual wallet that is operated online through internet. It is also known as online payment gateway. Digital wallet enables one to complete their financial activities and transactions through few clicks and swipes. In context of Nepal, since 2009 several digital wallets have been developed and licensed as Payment Service Provider.     

5 Best Digital Wallets in Nepal

eSewa 

Launched in 2009, eSewa is Nepal’s first online payment gateway. It has also been licensed by Rastra Bank as Payment Service Provider. Pursuing their goal to create a cashless economy, it is covering almost every sector and is always expanding their services.

Having largest group of users makes eSewa the topmost digital wallet in Nepal. Some of the services of eSewa are: utility bill payments, school fees payment, movie and flight ticket bookings, insurance premium payment, etc.

Khalti

Launched in January 2017, Khalti can be regarded as emerging and rapidly growing mobile wallet, payment gateway and service provider. Their goal is to simplify the lives of people by bringing financial inclusivity to every individual in Nepal and take the payment industry from offline to online through best practices.

Having best technical team and innovative actions makes Khalti second best digital wallet in Nepal. Some of the services provided by Khalti are: utility bill payments, hotel bookings, movie and domestic flight bookings, events, etc.

Other than phone application, it also has a web version. Also, it has a biometric security option that facilitates the user to carry out their transactions by a simple touch of the fingertips.        

IMEpay

IMEpay is a mobile money service launched by IME Digital in order to provide digital payment solution. It has also been licensed by Rastra Bank. IMEpay, one of the emerging digital wallets, aims to cater vast majority of banked, unbanked and under-banked customers of Nepal. 

IMEpay, a Fintech mobile application, provides services like Remittance service, bus and cable car ticketing, domestic flight bookings, utility bill payments, ISP payment, etc.        

PrabhuPay

PrabhuPay allows its users to simplify the payment process. With this App, the consumers can easily make payments for the goods purchased and services rendered. Also, users can transfer small value fund to consumers within PrabhuPay network.

Being a digital wallet from the Prabhu group, it provides various services such as utility bill payments, insurance premium, internet and TV bills, etc. 

Comparatively, PrabhuPay is a new digital wallet and lacks in some features; however, it is very efficient in its current state.

I-Pay

Launched in 2010 by Muncha.com, IPay excels in online shopping while compared to others. IPay exclusively rewards its customers in almost all payments or transactions. It provides services such as: top-up, utility bill payments, flight and ticket bookings. IPay is also planning on expanding its services.  

Besides these, there are several other digital wallets in Nepal that didn’t make it to the list of top 5 e-wallets such as QPay, EnetPay, etc. All these digital wallets are directing our country, Nepal towards a better future and eventually towards cashless economy.

 

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Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has directed the remittance service providing companies to make arrangements so that the remittance send by the Nepali citizens in abroad employment can be withdrawn easily in the situation of lockdown.

The central bank has also directed the remittance service providing companies to open their counter for paying the money remitted by Nepalis on foreign employment to their families.

Lockdown has been imposed since Thursday in various places of the country including in Kathmandu Valley following the increased risk of coronavirus pandemic.

NRB stated in a press release today that the remittance service provider firms have been urged to make these arrangements in view of the difficulty faced by the families of those Nepalis who are in abroad employment as they cannot easily access the remittances due to the lockdown. 

It also urged these companies to open their counter and provide the remittance-related financial services throughout the lockdown period by adopting all the health safety process with the presence of a minimum of staff by coordinating with local administration.

Likewise, the central bank has urged all to carry out the remittance fund transfer and foreign currency exchange in coordination with the bank and financial institutions as well as to make the transactions electronically as far as possible by fully keeping to the health safety protocol.

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Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has set some limitations for digital transactions through the integrated directive on the payment system.  The limitations on digital transactions via e-wallets, mobile/ internet banking, and cards have been set.

Limitations for e-Wallets

As per the new arrangements, fund transfer limits for e-wallets have been set as:

S. No.	Fund Transfer	per transaction	per day	per month
1	Agent or Sub-agent to the wallet	-	25,000	100,000
2	Bank to Wallet	25,000	100,000	500,000
3	Wallet to other Bank	25,000	100,000	500,000
4	Wallet to wallet	25,000	100,000	500,000

NRB stated that no limit will be imposed while transferring money from an e-wallet to one's own account. In addition, the payment service provider will not be allowed to charge any fee to the customer for the transactions made through point of sale (POS) machine from the merchants of department stores, hotels, shops, etc.

Limitations for Mobile and Internet Banking

As per the new arrangements, limitations for transactions via Mobile and Internet Banking have been set as:

S. No.	Instruments	per day	per month
1	QR Code	100,000	10,00,000
2	Merchant Payment	10,00,000	30,00,000
3	Account Transfer	10,00,000	50,00,000

However, no limit will be imposed on various types of payments such as taxes, revenue, fines, vehicle fees, registration, and service fees to be paid at the concerned office of the Government of Nepal.  Also, no limit will be imposed on the payment of electricity service, telecommunication service, drinking water service, insurance premium, and social security allowance; bill payment for educational institutions, health institutions, air services, transport services, hotels, and restaurants.

Limitations for Card Payments

The limitations set as per the new arrangements for transactions via cards have been set as:

S. No.	Instrument	per transaction	per day	per month
1	Prepaid Card	25,000	-	-
2	Debit Card	25,000	100,000	400,000
3	Kiosk Card	-	25,000	50,000
4	NFC Card	25,000	-	-

The credit cards, generally, cannot be used for cash transactions; but, in case of emergency, the customer is allowed to withdraw up to 10% of the amount of credit card. Prepaid cards can be issued by banks and financial institutions up to a maximum of Rs 100,000 and by payment service providers up to a maximum of Rs 25,000. 
 

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