Ecobank (U), and the National Water and Sewerage Corporation last week signed a partnership deal that will see the NWSC clients pay their water bills through the Ecobank online payment system. In spite of the bank being a late entrant into the water bills payment system, the bank has moved a notch higher by introducing a platform where the NWSC will access its client’s payments online immediately they deposit the money.  Under the Direct Debit Payment (DDP) system, a customer mandates the NWSC to collect an equivalent of the water bill from his account upon the bank receiving an advice from the NWSC. The Bank collect system is accessible at all the Ecobank branches in the country. While the Ecobank bank said it is introducing innovation, the NWSC said it is promoting convenience to its clients.  Ecobank is the second West African originated bank after the United bank for Africa (UBA) to sign a partnership deal with the NWSC.