MTN launches mobile money bill payment (Ghana)

MTN Ghana has launched the Mobile Money Bill Payment service to ease payment of electricity and DSTV bills for subscribers of the MTN Mobile Money.

According to the company, the new Mobile Money Bill payment service will offer DSTV subscribers and clients of the Electricity Company of Ghana the convenience and ease of paying bills. MTN Mobile Money, the first mobile money service to be introduced into the country in July 2009, had over 1.8 million subscribers currently.

It added that the service was aimed at providing convenience to mobile phone users in the management of their monetary transactions.

According to Mr. Eli Hini, Mobile Money Commercial Senior Manager, Mobile Money Bill Payment is designed to give MTN subscribers the opportunity to pay their DSTV and Electricity bills through their mobile handsets without having to travel to the offices of the service providers. The MTN Mobile Money Bill Payment service is ideal for all categories of persons who consider convenience as an important ingredient in their daily activities.

He added that MTN, as a technologically savvy network, had endeared itself to its customers through the deployment of state of the art technology to address their communication, business and social needs.

Non-registered MTN Mobile Money customers can pay their bills at the nearest Mobile Money Authorised Merchants across the country.

Mobile Money transactions can also be done through Cal Bank, Ecobank, Fidelity Bank, Guarantee Trust Bank, Intercontinental Bank, Merchant Bank, UBA, Stanbic Bank and Zenith Bank.