Airtel brings PayOnline in Africa
Bharti Airtel has unveiled an online payment system - PayOnline in Africa. It is to allow its mobile subscribers to use handsets to make purchase online along with Standard Chartered Bank and MasterCard Worldwide. The Company claimed that while it is launched in Kenya now, the product is to be soon available across Africa. The customers will be able to request a one-time virtual card number with the amount of purchase.
Airtel money services platform is said to generate a special 16 digit number that enables the completion of the transaction. On completion of the transaction, a confirmation message will be sent to the consumer's handset.
"The sustained socio-economic changes witnessed in Africa over the last decade have shown that the continent has the ability to leapfrog conventional systems and embrace innovations on platforms such as the mobile phone," N. Arjun, Chief Projects and Transformation Officer, Airtel Africa said.
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