Do people use the web for financial services in Dubai, UAE? Are online services a boon or a doom for the society? These are thoughts that one contemplates often.

The following statistics present an actual scenario on how well online services are catching up in United Arab Emirates.

A total of AED 1.5 billion was collected from 1.4 million transactions in 2009 using Dubai eGovernment’s electronic payment gateway (DEG EPG).

By comparison, AED 1 billion was collected from around 1 million transactions in 2008.

Interestingly, the number of departments adopting EPG remained 22 in 2008 as well as 2009.

What about mobile payments? Is there an adaptation for such services in UAE?

Statistics show that AED 1.5 million was collected in 2009 from 8,380 transactions.

Comparitively, only AED 250,000 was collected in 2008 from a mere 298 transactions.

Source: e4all – the official magazine of DEG; Issue 77; March 2010

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