Skye Bank Plc and Chams Mobile have jointly won the ‘Best Mobile money/Card combination in Nigeria’ award for their joint development and activation of the Kegow Visa virtual card.
The award was presented to the winning organisations at the Kalahari Awards 2016 during the sixth Remittance and Mobile Money Conference, which took place in Lagos at the weekend.
The organisers of the awards, Kalahari Awards, commended both Chams Mobile and Skye Bank for partnering to develop an innovative and revolutionary virtual card to ease payment for transactions as well as facilitate e-commerce.
The Kalahari Awards which brought together mobile money operators and card services providers from across Africa seeks to appreciate and honour operators that have distinguished themselves in the industry for their game-changing innovations.
The innovative and Nigeria’s first Kegow Visa Virtual Card is an innovation from ChamsMobile and Skye Bank Plc, developed in association with technical and joint venture partners, Bancore, Global Technology Partners and Chams Plc.
It’s unique in that customers actually get the Kegow Visa card image on their phones, tablets and PCs. A physical card can also be obtained if required. The card is linked to a wide range of financial services, enabling secure online payments, sending money to bank accounts, paying bills and much more.
The virtual Visa card is an entirely digital payment card for online and mobile use, both locally and internationally. The card is unique in that cardholders get a full card image (the Virtual card) on their mobile device, PC, or tablet, with a plastic card offered as an option if customers prefer.
Managing Director, Chams Mobile, Mr. Brian Larsen, said that he was excited to partner with Skye Bank and Visa on this unique and ‘First in Nigeria’ Visa Virtual Card payment solution, which was developed with the company’s international joint venture partners Bancore AS (as the Mobile financial services processor) and Global Technology Partners (as the Visa prepaid card processor).