Cellulant powers Orange Money card to wallet transfers

Cellulant has partnered with Orange Money to roll out the card to wallet transfer services for 8 banks in Botswana.

Cellulant’s payments platform, Tingg, which integrates 211 banks across Africa, is a one-stop payments aggregator for multinational corporations, mid-caps and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Tingg enables merchants to receive, view and reconcile all their payments via a single platform or through their system by integrating Tingg’s Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), cutting out the need to sign up for multiple payments providers as well as, in the case of mobile money, mobile network operators (MNOs) and banks. “This service affirms our commitment towards contributing positively to the growth of the informal and financial services sectors. The introduction of Card-To-Wallet aligns with our financial inclusion strategy that is centred around providing relevant and convenient solutions that address our customers’ everyday needs, as well as addressing our priorities around placing our customers first!“said Orange Money CEO, Seabelo Pilane.

Tingg’s uptake across Africa is in high gear, with products like in-store payments which leverage mobile money and mobile banking as payment methods through USSD and QR Codes. This streamlines business administration processes for merchants while expanding the range of payment options they can offer to customers, ensuring maximum choice and flexibility both offline and online. “Africa accounted for 70percent of worldwide mobile money transaction value in 2021. Instant digital payment solutions have significantly increased across the continent in recent years. Tingg by Cellulant is at the frontline in ensuring that digital financial solutions are available across the continent. Cellulant has been in Botswana for over 11 years now as a technical solutions partner providing digital banking & value-added services to the banks in the country. We are pleased to partner with Orange Money Botswana to power payments for their Card-to-Wallet service. This is in line with our strategy to extend our services to merchants in Botswana with a view of helping them digitise their payments.” says Bathusi Beleme, Cellulant Botswana Country Manager.

This partnership has allowed Orange to increase their digital cash-in reach to 100percent as they were previously only open to Absa and Standard Chartered Bank through the Bank to Wallet product offering. In addition, customers can also purchase airtime, data and voice bundles using their Visa cards.