Interswitch, one of
Africa’s leading digital payment and commerce provider, on Thursday announced
the integration of its multi-channel payment platform, Quickteller with Visa.
With this, Visa cards can be accepted for all Quickteller payments.
Visa cardholders will
now be able to use their cards to buy airtime, pay bills and transfer funds
across all Quicktellerchannels. Merchants on Quickteller can now expand their
customer base by accepting all Visa card payments.
Speaking at the media
briefing session, the Country Manager, for Visa in West Africa, Ade Ashaye
said, “One of the primary goals of Visa in Nigeria is opening up the benefits
of electronic payments through a number of different platforms in the bid to
drive the government agenda of a cashless economy.
We are delighted that from
now on, our cardholders will be able to useQuickteller’s platform and its
multi-channel offerings to make both physical and virtual transactions all over
the country. The partnership is further evidence of our dedication to
constantly improve our offerings to our customers in Nigeria.”
Furthermore, Ashaye
said the partnership further demonstrated Visa’s commitment to working closely
with financial institutions, mobile network operators, governments and
non-governmental organisations in developing countries to extend access to
financial services and electronic payments, helping to drive economic growth
and financial inclusion by migrating cash spend to electronic payments.
Also speaking at the
event, the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of
Interswitch,Mitchell Elegbe, said: “This new integration represents an exciting
step forward for theQuickteller platform, already the most popular online
payment platform in Nigeria.
Visa cardholders will be able to use their cards
for the full range of payment services offered.
We are proud to partner with a globally recognised brand such as Visa as
we continue to make everyday payments easy for ourcustomers .”
Quickteller is the
leading multi-channel payments platform in Nigeria with over three million
subscribers offering airtime recharge, bill payments and funds transfer via
Web, Mobile (App & USSD), ATMs, point of sale terminals and agents.
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