WTF is BBPS?
Rohini Anil Patil
November 22, 2023
What is BBPS?
The Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) is a centralized digital utility bill payment system in India. It is an interoperable platform that allows customers to pay their bills from any payment app, without having to go to any other website or a physical outlet.
How does BBPS work?
The BBPS system comprises of two entities: businesses or billers (your electricity boards, water boards, lending institutions) and Agent Institutions (apps like GPay, PayTm, PhonePe).
When you're paying your electricity bill on PhonePe, PhonePe is the Agent Institution and your electricity provider is the biller.
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Benefits of BBPS
BBPS offers a number of benefits to both customers and businesses:
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How SuperFlow can help
SuperFlow is a certified Technical Service Provider (TSP) for BBPS. SuperFlow's APIs allow businesses and payment apps to integrate with BBPS easily and quickly.
For billers:
SuperFlow can help billers to get on-boarded with BBPS and become discoverable across all popular payment apps.
For customer-facing platforms:
SuperFlow can help customer-facing platforms to become digital bill payment end-points and collect bill payments from all their customers.
Conclusion
BBPS is a revolutionary platform that has made bill payments easier and more convenient for both customers and businesses. SuperFlow is a leading TSP for BBPS and can help businesses and payment apps integrate with BBPS easily and quickly.
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