Thailand Post will deliver payment services to home under the project called “Post@Home” that will use civil registration data shared from the government cloud as an authentication measure.

ICT Ministry on behalf of its civic body— Thailand Post— earlier this week signed a MOU with Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Public Health, and Ministry of Social Development and Human Security over the use of civil registration data in the new Post@Home service.

Thailand Post President Anusra Chittmittrapap said that Post@Home is the integration of civil data and government cloud service to authenticate the person via smart ID cards.

“From Febuary, Post@Home, on behalf of Ministry of Public Health, has began paying service fee to public health village volunteers,” she said.

Thailand Post equipped its post officers with electronic data capture (EDC) devices—provided by local partners, Isytech— to allow them an access to civil data via g-cloud. To receive the money, over one million volunteers across the country need to show their smart ID cards for the post officers for authentication measure, she added.

To further expand this project, Thailand Post will allow citizens to pay for their utility bills such as electricity, water, and telephone bills at home. These services will begin in April across the four pilot provinces of Lop Buri, Chiang Mai, Phang Nga, and Roi Et, according to her.

During the pilot stage, there will be 2-3 post officers per districts with the EDC devices. Over five million people are expected to benefit from this initiative, she said.

Citizens can simple pay to the post officers who visit their houses by showing the bill statement, and pay THB 10 for the service fee, without travelling to the cashier or counter services, she added.