In line with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cash-less scheme, Ecobank has officially launched its Mobile Money platform in Nigeria.

Managing Director of the bank, Jibril Aku said: “This is an Ecobank special product designed to deepen financial inclusion for all classes of Nigerian citizens, especially those in the rural and semi-urban areas as well as reduce cash dependency level in our day to day transactions; this is the fulcrum on which the cash-less policy of the CBN stands.”

He said Ecobank Mobile Money aims at bridging the gap between the banked and unbanked Nigerians and can be used by both account and non-account holders of the bank. This is part of Ecobank’s mission to provide convenient, accessible and reliable financial products and services to the Nigerian people.

He said: “Mobile money services have huge potential in markets where mobile penetration vastly outpaces the number of people with bank account. This is the clear case in Nigeria today as we have available over 90 million cell phone users, both the banked and ‘unbanked’. There is therefore an urgent need to offer an affordable, but convenient, solution to money transfer services.

“Ecobank Mobile Money delivers convenience, accessibility and reliability to customers in line with the bank’s mission. Nigerians, irrespective of their location will now be able to use their cell phones to conduct basic financial transactions even if they don’t have a bank account.

The Ecobank Mobile Money now gives citizens the power to achieve their banking needs conveniently.”

SimonAndal: What the french is an ecobank? A disorder of some kind?

SimonAndal: What the french is an ecobank? A disorder of some kind?

Jabioro: Too much talk! how does it work with bank and unbank,l beg make hm brief us.

newuser: Stanbic IBTC Bank has this all the while.

It even launched it since last year.

dial *909# and see it work.

micoco: was that supposed to be funny?

blink182: The short code from Ecobank doesn't work, already failing from inception. I don't want to put my money in such.

newuser:
*909# is for Stanbic but it is not thesame code for MTN users.

MTN mobile numbers are yet to be integrated fully. But it will soon go live as they also have signed a partnership agreement. all thats left is IT stuff.

eksammy: its working on Glo, Etisalat and Airtel phones. Dial *326# to register yourself. You dont need to have an existing account th the bank. dialing the code opens an account for you, all you need do is visit any branch or their agents to pay into the new account you created. And then from your phone you can buy airtime, pay for dstv, pay for phcn and transfer money from your phone to anyone (as far as the receiver has a phone no.). Try it....Dial *326# now!

eksammy: its working on Glo, Etisalat and Airtel phones. Dial *326# to register yourself. You dont need to have an existing account th the bank. dialing the code opens an account for you, all you need do is visit any branch or their agents to pay into the new account you created. And then from your phone you can buy airtime, pay for dstv, pay for phcn and transfer money from your phone to anyone (as far as the receiver has a phone no.). Try it....Dial *326# now!

eksammy: its working on Glo, Etisalat and Airtel phones. Dial *326# to register yourself. You dont need to have an existing account th the bank. dialing the code opens an account for you, all you need do is visit any branch or their agents to pay into the new account you created. And then from your phone you can buy airtime, pay for dstv, pay for phcn and transfer money from your phone to anyone (as far as the receiver has a phone no.). Try it....Dial *326# now!

elari: . . U r an Ediot. Nigerians are wiser. Try sumtin else; my only pain is that sum myopic cretin will send the lob.a.tan that mail.