Oxxo is among the convenience stores with 24-hour liquor sales for the holidays.There are nearly 20,000 Oxxo’s across México already, but the brand continues to expand. Photo: File
Oxxo will take payments for water bills by the end of the year. Photo: File
Mérida, Yucatán — With more than 351,000 customers, the Junta de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado en Yucatán, otherwise known as the water utility Japay, has promised two innovations by the end of the year.
The first is an agreement with the giant Oxxo convenience store chain to allow water-bill payments at the cash register.
The other is to launch an app for iPhone and Android devices to allow the same kind of transaction.
The latter service also will let customers report problems and complaints, with direct followups from Japay.
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