Airtel, FirstBank launch FirstMonie Payment Solution
Lagos - Leading Telecommunications Service Provider, Airtel Nigeria has gone into a partnership with First Bank Nigeria Plc to offer Firstmonie Talkmore; the all-new, revolutionary mobile payment solution, to the public. The strategic partnership which was sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Tuesday, in Lagos makes it possible for Firstmonie Talkmore to run essentially on Airtel platform to make mobile payment services easy and accessible to a broader spectrum of Nigerians. The partnership is the first major collaboration between leading operators in the nation’s banking and telecoms industries to provide a first class mobile payment solution to Nigeria. Specifically, subscribers on Airtel network who sign up to Firstmonie will be able to send and receive money, buy airtime, pay bills and carry out other forms of transaction on their mobile phones without operating a bank account. In addition, any duly registered subscriber on the Airtel network who signs on...