Telecommunications provider Airtel Ghana has rolled out an innovative service through their Airtel Money that allows a tap and pay, contactless payment based on the Near Field Communications (NFC) technology.
Near Field Communication (NFC) technology is the global communication standard that enables mobile devices to securely communicate with a payment terminal.
The company held experiential events held simultaneously at Koala Supermarket in Airport residential area and KFC Osu where customers had the first-hand experience on a faster and more convenient, secure and instant payment using their mobile phones.
They were able to pay for goods purchased by tapping at the NFC device located at the sales point with their mobile phones to effect payment via their mobile wallet. Those without NFC enabled phones were given stickers that enabled them enjoy this wonderful payment experience.
“This is the first NFC mobile money payment in Ghana. The integration of this NFC payments solutions with VeriFone Mobile Money’s flexible services platform provides great benefits for our customers,” Rosy Fynn, Customer Experience Director at Airtel Ghana said.
By incorporating this solution, Airtel Money can offer its customers a comprehensive “state of the art” shopping experience which is fast, secure and easy. We have been a pioneer in innovative products and services and are again leading the way in enabling NFC mobile payments via Airtel Money. We believe that we have a strong value proposition for all our Airtel Money Merchants that will ultimately delight our customers.
The Marketing Director at Airtel Ghana, Manu Rajan said that the combination of their innovative, highly secure mobile money service and its payments capability builds on their strategy to provide the best payment solutions and is proof to the fact that Airtel Money undoubtedly is the “Smartest Way to Pay” in Ghana.
NFC payment system has been operationalised at all KFC branches country-wide and Koala supermarket in Airport residential area. The roll out will continue country-wide in a phased manner in the coming days.
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