Accept Payments with mVisa

Global payments technology company, VISA is set to change how digital payments is accepted by merchants, financial institutions and even the government using its new mobile app mVisa.

mVisa is a new, hassle-free and secure way to receive payments from your customers with just a smartphone and a mobile app. It transforms the way you do business. Consumers can access their funds from the mobile app on their own phones and make payments to your merchant account using the information displayed on your mVisa merchant information panel (QR code). When your merchant account receives a customer’s payment, you get notified immediately.

Before now, integrating VISA Payment infrastructure was very technical.

But with this new solution, consumers in any part of Nigeria can make payments digitally, regardless of whether they use a Smartphone or feature phone, said, Andrew Torre, president for Visa Sub-Saharan Africa at the launch in Lagos on Wednesday.

Torre said, “Small and medium merchants in particular, no longer have to invest in expensive point of sale infrastructure as mVisa gives them the freedom to accept payments in a convenient, secure and affordable manner that their customers trust.”

“We are very excited to see more and more merchants come on board every day as they begin to understand the benefits that mVisa brings, including real-time notifications of payments and access to sales and transactions history. We have campaigns lined up for the coming months to support our merchants and encourage new customers to experience mVisa at various locations across Nigeria.” Torre said

“Today, Visa and its financial institution partners are, for the first time, providing the benefits of digital commerce to potentially everyone, everywhere across Nigeria and the African continent, bringing millions more people into the formal financial system.”

Speaking at the launching, Mr. Uzoma Dozie, the GMD and CEO of Diamond Bank stated that the launch of mVISA is timely and aligns with the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the digital growth strategy of his bank.

Mr. Dozie represented by Robert Giles, head of Retail Banking Businesses, said, ‘’With mVisa, Diamond Bank has raised the bar for cashless banking in Nigeria by maintaining its leadership role in driving digital financial revolution in the country. Our customers will be able to make everyday payments simply by using their mobile phones. I think mVisa is the biggest thing that has happened in the industry.”

Also speaking at the occasion, Fidelity Bank CIO, Gbolahan Joshua, said: “mVisa is an innovative service that merges the everyday mobile phone to a payment solutions plan that is easy for our customers to use.

Our account holders will appreciate the convenience mVisa offers.”

Chuma Ezirim, FirstBank’s group head, E-Business, said that the Bank would continue to embrace innovation to deliver superior services in the best way possible to its customers. ”Partnering with Visa to deliver mVISA is part of the FirstBank’s strategy to deliver reliable, secure and convenient payment options to its esteemed customers. It further promotes our digital approach by delivering omni-channel experience to all our customers while enhancing our existing offerings”, he reiterated.

mVisa is already accepted at hundreds of locations across the country with many more merchants joining the ecosystem over the new few months. These merchants include DSTV, Konga.com, Genesis and IMAX Cinemas, Hard Rock Café, Quickteller and Spar.

The mVisa implementation in Nigeria benefited from the Visa Developer Platform, which allowed all partner banks the ability to integrate the mVisa APIs directly into their mobile banking apps.

“While rolling out a new solution with a bank typically can take a very long time from development to implementation and testing, utilizing the Visa Developer Platform interface reduced the time taken significantly.

“This helped to speed up the number of banks who have been able to roll out the mVisa solution in Nigeria”, Torre added.

See How mVisa Works and How to Integrate mVisa