FinovateAsia 2013 / BlueKite
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: BlueKite is a cutting edge technology company developing state of the art solutions and applications to improve the way people around the world pay their bills. BlueKite’s proprietary technology enables immigrants to keep track of and pay for their loved one’s utility bills instantly and in real time from a website, mobile phone, or money store. By facilitating safe, reliable, accurate, and guaranteed cross border bill payments, BlueKite helps its customers better care for family members in their home country. BlueKite currently offers bill payment from the US into El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador, Panama, and Nicaragua.
How they describe their product/innovation: BlueKite’s real time bill payment platform is currently offered at affiliated Money Stores via a proprietary web portal (with our mobile application to be unveiled shortly) and is the perfect complement to traditional cash remittances.
Customers (typically “unbanked” immigrants) make billing enquiries and pay outstanding utility bills from US based stores for loved one’s overseas. Immigrants gain visibility and control over the money they send home while relieving family members from the hassles associated with paying bills locally. BlueKite enables money stores to generate additional revenues and aids utility companies in reducing bad accounts and the administrative load of chasing receivables.
Product Distribution Strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C), Direct to Business (B2B), through other fintech companies and platforms & licensed
Contacts:
Bus. Dev. & Sales: Toby Kennett, Head of Business Development, Asia Pacific, toby@bluekite.com, +61 415367463 & Benny Hammond, Business Development Manager, benny@bluekite.com, +1-305-400-0818
Press: Christian Saravia, Marketing & Distribution Manager, christian@bluekite.com, +1-305-400-0818