Airtel Ghana, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel that has operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa has partnered Verifone Mobile Money to introduce a contactless payment that uses near field communications (NFC) technology to enable easier and faster way for customers using its Mobile Money service, Airtel Money, to pay for their goods and services. Airtel Money boasts over 1.5 million registered customers.
The partnership will provide Airtel Merchants and the numerous point of sale outlets across the country with NFC enabled devices which will provide both merchants and customers a better payment experience when making payments at sales points. All the customer needs to do is a contactless swipe at the NFC device with their mobile phone to effect payment via their mobile wallet.
Chris Jones, Chief Executive, Verifone Mobile Money
This partnership will deliver developed world technologies to the customers of Airtel Money. We believe that NFC technology and the roll out of contactless “tap and pay” across the African continent will help to realize the true economic benefits of cashless economies while driving mobile money adoption through an improved merchant payments experience. We are excited about the Airtel Money launch and look forward to a long term partnership.
Lucy Quist, Managing Director, Airtel Ghana
We are delighted to be partnering Verifone Mobile Money to enhance the payment experience of our customers. This is a more efficient mode of payment as it cuts down on the number of steps customers have to go through to make a mobile money payment. The use of this new technology will further deepen the growing acceptance of cashless payments in Ghana.
