Dhaka: bKash Limited, the largest mobile financial service provider in the country, signed an agreement with Transcom foods Ltd, the sole franchisee of KFC & Pizza Hut in Bangladesh, facilitating its customers to make payment via bKash at KFC and Pizza Hut stores all over the country.

Kamal Quadir, Chief Executive Officer of bKash and Amit Dev Thapa, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Transcom Foods Limited exchanged the agreement recently at the bKash’s head office, said a press release.

Under this deal, customers can make their payment through bKash at all KFC & Pizza Hut stores by simply scanning the QR code from bKash App.

On this occasion, bKash has  launched a couple of  cash back deals for its customers allowing  them to buy a ‘Medium sized  pan (favorite line)’ pizza from any pizza hut stores on January 23 and 24 and’ Chicken Fries Meal’ from any KFC stores on Jan 30 and 31.

For Pizza Hut deal, a customer will receive instant cash back amounting Tk. 396 upon making a payment at of Tk 695 through bKash app. In other words, a customer has to pay effectively Tk. 299 to avail the deal exclusively designed for bKash customers.

For KFC deal, a customer will receive TK 240 as cash back upon making a payment of TK 439 through the app which effectively makes a customer to pay only TK 199 for ‘Chicken Fries Meal’.

The details of the offer are also available in bKash website www.bkash.com and Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/bkashlimited.

The signing ceremony was also attended by Major General Sheikh Md Monirul Islam (retd), Chief External & Corporate Affairs Officer Chief Marketing Officer, Mir Nawbut Ali, Chief Marketing Office, Emon Kalyan Dutta, Head of Sales, Mohammad Mahbub Sobhan, Head of M-Commerce of bKash and Kazi Md. Zafrullah-FCA, Deputy General Manager-Finance, Asna Farah Haque, Marketing Manager, Tanjina Akter & Ziaul Karim, Deputy Managers- Marketing of Transcom Foods were present during the ceremony.

Launched in 2011, bKash, a joint venture of BRAC Bank, US based Money in Motion, International Finance Corporation of World Bank Group, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Ant Financial, offers broad range of mobile financial services to the common people of Bangladesh.

Transcom Foods Limited (TFL) started its journey in 2003 with their flagship outlet of Pizza Hut. In 2006, they opened their KFC flagship outlet in Gulshan too. Since then, TFL has grown with both brands, establishing 37 stores across Dhaka, Chittagong, Savar, Sylhet & Cox’s Bazaar They are the sole franchisee of KFC and Pizza Hut in Bangladesh.