You can now make payments on WhatsApp Updated
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Are you a small or micro businesses owner who banks with Nedbank?
Here is good news for you. Nedbank, together with Mastercard and Ukheshe, has launched its Money Message service.
The new payment platform enables consumers to pay small and micro businesses via a secure in-chat payment using WhatsApp.
What s also exciting is that merchants can send an invoice requesting a payment from any customer through WhatsApp and customers can also settle a payment directly from the platform.
The bank says the move is aimed at helping entrepreneurs.
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Nedbank introduces electronic payments on WhatsApp
Chipo Mushwana
Nedbank, working with Mastercard and South African fintech player Ukheshe, has launched the ability for banking clients to make payments to businesses in Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp.
The new offering, called Money Message, lets small and micro businesses receive secure in-chat payments from their customers via WhatsApp. It has been specifically developed to process payments for merchants and small businesses, Nedbank said.
The solution allows merchants to send an invoice requesting a payment from any customer through WhatsApp. The customer, in turn, can settle a payment directly in the app.
Anyone with a valid South African identity document and South African bank account can access Money Message
Customers can now pay small businesses via WhatsApp
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Nedbank, in collaboration with Mastercard and Ukheshe, has launched Money Message, a payment platform that lets small and micro businesses conveniently receive secure in-chat payments from their customers via WhatsApp.
The bank said the solution was the first of its kind in South Africa.
“The solution will enable merchants to send an invoice requesting payment from any customer seamlessly through WhatsApp. Their customers, in turn, can quickly and seamlessly settle payment directly from the platform,” it said.
How it works: the business owner sends a request-to-pay message to the customer, and, for first-time users, a notification is sent via SMS, prompting them to register for the service. The customer adds their name and surname and registers their card details to make the payment securely. This means customers could make secure, cardless payments via their cellphone numbers or QR codes.
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