CommSecure today announced the Local Government Association of NSW and the Shires Association of NSW had contracted it for two years to deliver e-payment services to more than 150 councils statewide, with eight councils implementing new systems due to come into operation by the end of October.
In addition, Logan City Council and Townsville City Council are implementing the company's BillSecure electronic bill presentment and payment solutions, allowing ratepayers to settle rate notices via the councils' Web sites or Internet banking sites.
The Queensland services are to be introduced with the distribution of rates assessments to more than 60,000 properties in Logan in October 2003 and 32,500 properties in Townsville in January next year.
CommSecure, whose existing customers include Hornsby Shire Council and Baulkham Hills Shire Council, said it secured the NSW deal in an open tender against other short-listed suppliers.
The company said it would secure revenue from the deal "in the form of set-up fees, annual operating fees and per-transaction charges".
