Linden Town Council mulls expanding services online through MMG app

In a bid to make payments and transactions at the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC) more convenient for Linden consumers, stakeholders at the council are currently looking to expanding more of its services through the Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) app.
This move was discussed at one of the council’s recent statutory meetings last month. Spearheading the meeting was Linden Mayor, Sharma Solomon, who revealed that currently the council only utilises the online banking application for the submission of rates and taxes.
However, in light of digital the transformation taking place within the country, the Mayor highlighted that more of the council’s services should be moved online.
“So, we are at the minimal usage with MMG and I feel this is because we are just having it used with rates, one of the other things that MMG provides is that we can put other services on MMG. MMG is becoming very very convenient now.”

The Mayor added. “It is that accessible that more of our services should be on MMG, so whether people want to pay for certificates, whether people want to pay for burials… so that we can move more of our services online that people can full out applications and then make their payments by MMG so they won’t necessarily have to come into the council.”
Meanwhile, speaking on the issue regarding the lack of use of the app, councillor Vanessa Kissoon pointed out that more advertising must be done to update residents about the council’s services.
“One of the things also, just like you said, its hardly being used; it’s because in these modern times we also have to advertise our products as a council. So we need to maybe do an ad with somebody talking about they don’t have to go into the town council and then promote it and also do a demonstration because even with the elderly they ask people to pay they can just use the MMG app,” she suggested.
Moreover, public confidence in innovative solutions continues to grow in Guyana as One Communications announced in 2023 that more than 110,000 Guyanese are using its Mobile Money Guyana (MMG+) application to pay bills and conduct other transactions.
In addition to bill payments, MMG+ has diversified the transactions and partnered with stakeholders, including many Government and private organisations to simplify everyday service delivery.
Among the major Government partnerships are the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) toll system (Breeze Pass), the Transport and Harbour Department (T&HD) toll system (Ferry Pass), utility service providers, National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Ministry of Human Service and Social Security’s old age pension and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).
Moreover, scores of private institutions have also partnered with One Communications to use MMG+ for payments of bills, including Courts, private education institutions, telecommunication service providers, commercial banks among others.
Moreover, many small businesses have also set up on the MMG+ platform as merchants, to allow their customers to process payments to them with ease, while MMG+ also continues to expand its biller options.