Vodafone Fiji Limited signed an agreement yesterday allowing its customers access to any one of ANZ’s 16 branches as M-PAiSA agents. The CEO of ANZ Fiji, Mr Norman Wilson said, “With ANZ’s extensive bank branch network in Fiji, customers will be able to easily and conveniently access the Vodafone M-PAiSA service in a safe and secure environment.”
With more M-PAiSA agencies across the country, customers now have better access to the service, making it more cost effective and efficient, particularly for those in rural areas.
Over 380,000 Vodafone customers have registered with M-PAISA. A significant number of these customers are from the rural areas. Innovative financial service such as M-PAiSA offers a great opportunity to ANZ to reach out to its rural banking customers with greater ease. M-PAiSA, services was officially launched by the Prime Minister of Fiji Commodore Frank Bainimarama in June this year. It is a mobile phone based money transfer that allows registered users to send and receive money directly on through their mobile phones and also be able to make a range of C2B and B2C payment such bill payment services, wages and salary payments and other business payments. Effectively, your mobile phone is now a mobile wallet that stores money in electronic form to be able to make and receive a wide of payments.
Vodafone's Chief Operating Officer, Pradeep Lal says they are pleased to have ANZ on board as M-PAiSA Agents. The service will complement ANZ’s rural banking business with greater reach and accessibility. Vodafone is expected to announce another payment option through M-PAiSA tomorrow that will make international remittances more convenient and accessible through your mobile phone.
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