BB initiates e-Government applications with KU tuition fees payment

This new service provided by BB through its payment gate BeeClear to its clientele of KU students allows customers to pay the registration fees from any place in the world any time 7/24, by simply signing on KU's www.studentonline.com

The new service involves many features. Conveniently available, it allows students to save time and effort, especially that most of them happen to be outside Kuwait at this time of the year. Furthermore and knowing that there are 18-20 thousand students registered with 13 colleges, the service will help ease the pressure on the university administration and the students.

KU Students who are Non-BB Customers
KU students who are not customers of BB can avail of the service by simply opening an account with the bank, making them readily able to use the service as well as other banking and non-banking services available on BB website www.beeebank.com

Through an account opened with BB, students will have access to other university-related services. Fee payment service is only a starting point of many future services that can be accomplished via this facility.

A Safe and Secure Environment
An executive officer of EXETER GROUP (undertaking KU's electronic project) once stated that BB stands as one of the most successful Arab banks in the information technology and electronic banking, providing through its payment gate BeeClear, a safe and secure environment to its customers to perform various online payment transactions.

This pioneer project, involving EXETER, BB and KU, EXETER GROUP was also quoted as saying, is a vivid exemplary implementation of the e-government. This is particularly true given the fact that KU is regarded as a good performer in this area and a winner of the Electronic Excellence Award from the e-Government Conference- 2002.

The company stated that KU and BB, in association with the EXETER GROUP acting as consultant, provide for the first time at the Arab university level the Online Real Time service, which means that withdrawal from an account and depositing with another occurs instantly.

The E-Government
This step, on the other hand, highlights BB's readiness to be the payment gate for the various government entities, which will inevitably require this type of gates featuring the highest standards of security and safety of data. These are truly the features of Burgan Bank BeeClear.

This step also signifies the importance of the electronic banking services, which can help ease burdens on the government departments particularly at seasons such as the students rush for registration for the various courses, and paying late registration fees.

BB's Services at KU
BB enjoys a very close relationship with KU. This distinguished association was further consolidated with BB being awarded the KU tender, since it is the only bank in Kuwait providing such a unique service, represented in the mobile service through its well-equipped trucks serving as a moving bank where all forms of ATM services are available to individuals.

Through its "B Everywhere" service, BB provides all banking services students need on the campus. The bank's trucks drive in the university campus according to a pre-set schedule in agreement with the KU.

The schedule, which will be operative within days, considers the most suitable times for the students as well as the geographic dimension, as to ensure full coverage of the various faculties at Shauwaikh, Khaldieya, Adiliya, Hawali and other areas.

While the university will be open most of the year, the service will be available during the fall, spring and summer period, to ensure that uninterrupted service is provided to students whom BB seek to attract as prospectus customers particularly after graduation.

Service with Excellence
"B Everywhere" is a unique service of BB nation-wide. It is also the first of its kind at the Middle East region, representing a qualitative spur in the way customers can be approached reaching them anywhere anytime.

"B Everywhere" services include cash withdrawal, transfer between accounts, US$ withdrawal, utilities bill payment in addition to K-net and GCCNET.