Comparison

NexusPay vs PI Banking

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NexusPay

This app offers a fully cardless payment solution, allowing users to link multiple bank cards for transactions. It supports QR and NFC payments, free money transfers to any mobile number, and temporary card generation for online purchases.

Highlights
  • Cardless payments
  • Link multiple bank cards
  • QR and NFC transactions
  • Free money transfers
  • Temporary card numbers
  • Bill payments
  • Merchant payments
Features
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NexusPay from Dutch-Bangla Bank is the first fully cardless solution in Bangladesh. NexusPay works with all bank cards including Nexus, Visa, MasterCard, Dutch-Bangla Bank Agent Banking and Rocket Mobile Banking. Offers: # Over 10,000 shops accept NexusPay # Download multiple cards and use them when you want to # Send money for free to anyone # Send money for free to ANY and ALL mobile phone numbers Features: # Full QR and NFC payments across the entire DBBL network # Cardless ATM withdrawal (rollout in progress) # Receive money using QR, NFC, Phone, Rocket and card number # Combines the world of other banks cards and DBBL’s Rocket, Nexus and Agent Banking systems # Easily transfer money between all systems # Generate 10-minute temporary card numbers for online payments # Pay bills easily # Merchant payment using proprietary and Bangla QR # Other bank transfer using NPSB and BEFTN # Mini statement (DBBL only) # Last transactions statement (DBBL only) # Deactivate your card (DBBL only)

About

PI Banking

Access your bank accounts and manage financial services through a mobile application. View account statements, perform fund transfers, pay bills, and recharge mobile phones. Offers both non-transactional and transactional features for convenient banking.

Highlights
  • Account balance and statement viewing
  • Fund transfers (internal and external)
  • Mobile recharge
  • Bill payments
  • Cheque management
  • Card management
  • New account creation
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Software Development Division of Pubali Bank has developed a Mobile Application named PI (π) for banking services for our customers. PI Banking refers to Mobile Financial Service of Pubali Bank Limited that enables bank customers to access accounts and general Information on bank products and services through Mobile devices. The main intention behind the commencement of electronic banking services is to provide the customers with an alternative that is more responsive and with less expensive options. The reasons for selecting the name of Mobile Apps as PI (π) are as follows: a) It is short and can be remembered easily. b) Earlier smallest unit of currency was PI (BD) c) PI also implies money receivables. d) PI in mathematics is 22/7 = 3.1428571429… implies Possibility Infinite. e) PI Banking also stands for Pubali Internet Banking. In order to get the said services, customers will activate PI App by following steps: a) The interested customer will download and install the PI (π) Apps from App Store (iOS). b) The customers will submit information of Account Number, Name, Date of Birth, e-Mail, Mobile Number, Father’s Name and Mother’s Name through Apps. c) Concerned branch will verify the said information received through Pubali Integrated Baning System with the Physical Account Opening Form and approve when found matched. Branch will communicate with the customer and ensure genuineness. d) After verification from the branch end, ICT Operation Division will verify the information by communicating with customer for PI Banking user activation and activate accordingly. e) Upon activation, the customer will login at the first instance using his/her User ID and Password and giving some secret information provided by her/him earlier at the time of submission to ascertain the genuineness. f) The customer will change her/his Password after the first login and thereafter may change the password frequently at her/his discretion. The services provided to our customers through Mobile App are furnished below: A) Non-transactional features: - My account (Balance of the Accounts) - Last 5 (five) transactions (this is configurable i.e. customers may increase the number of transactions) - Viewing account statements. - Payment status of issued cheques - Cheque book requisition - Stop payment of cheque - Submitting Positive Pay Instruction B) Transactional features: - Fund Transfer - Between the Pubali Bank’s accounts - Between the Pubali Bank and other Bank’s through NPSB, BEFTN and RTGS - Mobile recharge (Postpaid or Prepaid) - Bills Payment - Card Management as Card Bill Payment, Card Statement - Fund Transfer (Any Bank) - Card to Card - Card to Account - Card to MFS - Credit Card Bill Payment - E-Commerce Enable or Disable (On Process) - Fund Management (On Process) - Creating FDR/ any deposit account - Encashment - FDR or Recurring Deposit A/C fund transfer to source A/C (SB, CC, CD,SND) Security of the transmitted data through Internet: To establish security of transmitted data by the customers in our system through internet and to ensure protection against unauthorized disclosure, alteration and fraudulent activities, we are receiving the service of “Sectigo” under license agreement. Thus the transmitted data is being protected through encryption enabled by a Server's Digital Certificate using the software “Sectigo”. This is widely used for security solution of web-server. It incorporates both authentication and encryption. Moreover, the server for the aforesaid banking system has been protected by the well reputed CISCO Firewall, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to guard against intruders in the system.

Screenshots

NexusPay4 screens
PI Banking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PI Banking at 74% against NexusPay's 27%. PI Banking also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (5.5K vs 1.1K). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PI Banking holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PI Banking has 5.5K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of NexusPay's written reviews are positive against 74% of PI Banking's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NexusPay ships an update every 3 weeks, PI Banking monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NexusPay versus PI Banking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNexusPayPI Banking
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (1.1K ratings)4.8 (5.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.0% of reviews74.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K5.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB152 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDutch-Bangla Bank LimitedPubali Bank Limited

Customer experience

NexusPay

All ratings1,072 ratings
Positive47.0%
Neutral11.3%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews355 reviews
Positive27.0%
Neutral14.1%
Negative58.9%

PI Banking

All ratings4,987 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative20.3%

User reviews

NexusPay

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and useful app
  • 👍 Helpful for daily transactions
  • 🙌 Excellent app for Bangladeshi users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🕰️ Slow performance
  • 🤔 Confusing UI/UX
  • 🔒 Security and login issues
  • 🤯 Extremely poor customer service

PI Banking

From 5.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 💡 Convenient banking services
  • 🚀 Fast transactions
  • 🔒 Secure banking experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent server/network issues
  • 🔒 Lack of biometric login options
  • 🔍 Inconsistent e-KYC process
  • 🤔 Confusing feature availability

Bugs and requests

NexusPay

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 12 and newer versions
  • Unable to add/remove cards
  • Balance and statement not showing properly
  • Inconsistent behavior with NPSB transfers
  • Verification process not working reliably

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to delete saved beneficiaries
  • Implement biometric login
  • Integrate with other mobile wallets like Bkash
  • Improve bill payment experience
  • Add support for USD credit card payments

PI Banking

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with newer OS versions
  • Inconsistent OTP delivery
  • Cash withdrawal feature not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add biometric login options (Face ID, Fingerprint)
  • Improve e-KYC process to avoid in-person verification
  • Expand NPSB service coverage
  • Integrate credit card management features
  • Provide option to save/manage debit card details

In-app purchases

None

NexusPay

No in-app purchases

None

PI Banking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NexusPay free?
NexusPay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PI Banking free?
PI Banking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NexusPay or PI Banking?
PI Banking is rated higher. NexusPay averages 3.1 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while PI Banking averages 4.8 from 5.5K ratings.
Do NexusPay or PI Banking have ads?
Neither NexusPay nor PI Banking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NexusPay or PI Banking?
NexusPay ships an update every 3 weeks, and PI Banking monthly. Most recently, NexusPay was updated on November 2, 2026 and PI Banking on November 3, 2026.

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