VISA Cardholders Can Pay Bills, Others Via Quickteller

Interswitch, one of Africa’s leading digital payment and commerce provider, yesterday 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 Quickteller channels. 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 use Quickteller’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 dedica- tion 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.