Unity Bank, AfriGo Discover Collaboration to Deepen Entry to Digital Funds

Unity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its dedication to advancing digital cost adoption and monetary inclusion by partnering with home card scheme supplier, AfriGo, to spice up card utilization throughout its retail buyer segments.

This pledge was made throughout a high-level strategic enterprise engagement held at Unity Bank’s head workplace in Lagos on Friday, with AfriGo’s Govt Administration workforce.

Talking in the course of the session, Unity Bank’s Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Ebenezer Kolawole, acknowledged: “We’re dedicated to creating the AfriGo Card a major supply channel for Unity Bank. As a nationwide home card scheme, it deserves to be promoted each internally and externally as an area answer with important potential to redefine Nigeria’s card cost panorama.”

Mr. Kolawole additionally pledged the Financial institution’s continued help for the adoption of AfriGo playing cards throughout its community, whereas urging AfriGo to accentuate consciousness campaigns to drive higher market acceptability.

In his remarks, the Managing Director of AfriGo, Ebehijie Momoh, recommended Unity Bank for the help it has given the scheme, stating that the Financial institution ranks among the many prime 5 adopters of the AfriGo card and highlighted its rising influence in increasing monetary inclusion and enhancing entry to digital funds.

He famous that AfriGo has continued to innovate with applied sciences that help prompt funds and offline capabilities, guaranteeing broader entry to e-payment techniques throughout underserved markets. He added that partnerships with options like Faucet & Go have helped enhance contactless cost adoption, enhancing comfort for cardholders who commute for work, enterprise, or leisure.

Momoh expressed optimism concerning the potential of Unity Bank’s in depth retail community to drive deeper collaboration aimed toward enhancing e-banking penetration nationwide.

This collaboration underscores Unity Bank’s enduring tradition of digital innovation and its dedication to monetary inclusion by means of homegrown know-how. Through the years, the Financial institution has launched a number of digital options that show this dedication.

Notably, Unity Bank pioneered USSD banking, *7799#, in native languages, an initiative aimed toward deepening entry amongst underserved rural and semi-urban populations. It additionally launched Unifi, a youth-focused digital banking platform designed to fulfill the approach to life and monetary wants of the youthful demographic. Most just lately, the Financial institution unveiled GenFi, a gamified cell banking answer tailor-made for youngsters and youngsters to domesticate sensible cash habits from an early age.