Bizum has revolutionized the way we have to settle our debts or buy online. His success has not been a fluke. Thanks to this instant payment system at no cost, anyone can make a fast and secure transfer in a couple of steps. A tool that greatly facilitates the user experience when it comes to paying shared expenses, shopping at associated online stores and even making donations. Although the number of bizums that a user can receive was reduced to 60 operations per month in 2021, Bizum allows many other options that may not be as well known by users.
In addition to Bizum, there are other alternative apps to send money from your mobile, but it is a reality that its use has spread like wildfire and there are already more than 19 million users who use this service, reaching an average of 16 in 2021 bizums per second between individuals . In addition, the number of e-commerce that accept payments with Bizum multiplied by 2.8, reaching 26,700 businesses. The vast majority of users use Bizum to send or receive money between individuals, but this instant payment system offers us many more possibilities. We are going to review everything we can do with Bizum.
Fines or fees can now be paid
At the end of 2021, the news broke that Basque citizens can now pay for Bizum fees, fines, certificates, registrations and other types of receipts issued by the Autonomous Executive, the provincial councils and the town councils adhered to the payment gateway of the Basque administrations “My payment”.
In this way Euskadi has become a pioneer in allowing this payment system that has been enabled in collaboration with Kutxabank, managing to incorporate new technologies into the Administration. One of the great novelties of Bizum that we could see this 2022 is that the majority of institutional payments in all of Spain could be made through this service. At the moment, this option is only available in Álava, Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa. Just today the plenary session of the Elche City Council approved the possibility of paying municipal taxes and public prices through Bizum as an alternative to credit card or bank transfer.
✅ The plenary approves motions to pay taxes for Bizum, declare BIC Las Clarisas, approve the law on stolen babies and support labor reform.
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— Ajuntament d’Elx – Elche City Council (@ajuntamentelx) January 31, 2022
Pay and collect lottery and bets
It is likely that this year you or someone you know has bought the Christmas lottery through Bizum. And it is that with Bizum it is possible to pay and collect your prizes in the State Betting and Lotteries Administrations.
Bizum has a QR code generator that allows these operations to be carried out safely. For the transfer to be effective, all you have to do is show this QR code to the administration staff.
Donations
With Bizum we can also donate money directly to an NGO . An ideal way to ensure that the contribution reaches the chosen organization in full. In this case, simply select one of those that appear in the following list and carry out the same procedure that we carry out when we send money to a friend or relative.
As reported by Bizum on its official website, 100% of the money donated will reach the chosen organization without commissions or fees. In the list of NGOs you can check that each one is associated with a code that you must enter when making the contribution, in addition to selecting the amount you want to send.
Payments in psychologists and clinics
Mental health is a very topical issue. At Bizum they are aware of the importance of mental health care. A large number of psychologists and clinics have integrated payment for Bizum to make life easier for many people.
Currently there are more than ten clinics and psychologists that accept Bizum , but it is best to ask if this type of payment is available at the clinic you want to visit. Of course, in addition to psychologists and clinics, there are more and more online businesses where we find payment with Bizum available, even some freelancers already use it in their businesses facing the public. The truth is that Bizum is evolving and adapting so that making and receiving payments through our mobile offers more and more possibilities and is easier.