The United Bank for Africa Plc says it has launched a new mobile banking platform aimed at giving users interesting Internet banking experience.
“The new U-Mobile is an entirely new platform; it is not just an upgrade of the old but a new application with enhanced features that easily sync with a range of mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android devices, or BlackBerry,” a statement by the pan-African lender said on Sunday.
“The aim is to offer quick and easy banking at your fingertips, no matter where you are or the time of the day” it added, quoting the Divisional Head, Digital Banking, Mr. Yinka Adedeji,
According to him, one of the key features of the new platform is the market place which allows small businesses to own a virtual store.
Adedeji said card-less transactions would also be introduced to ensure that U-Mobile customers could withdraw money from the UBA Automated Teller Machines without their payment cards.
Some of the other new features of the improved UBA U-Mobile include: capacity to validate beneficiaries of cash transfers before a transfer is made; ability to create favourite beneficiaries’ list to ensure that details of frequent beneficiaries are automatically listed; and easier log-in and sign-up screens to improve user experience.
Another significant addition in the new U-Mobile is increased number of billers that can be paid directly from U-Mobile. These include schools, universities, colleges and organisations.
The new U-Mobile is also enabled to allow customers hotlist cards, set transaction limits, request or stop cheques, and print mini-statements through a bluetooth printer.
“A lot of effort has been put into developing the new U-Mobile. It is very user-friendly and will transform your banking habits in ways you never imagined possible,” Adedeji explained.
The new U-Mobile which is already available for download on App stores compliments U-Direct, the UBA’s advanced internet banking platform which also has the self enrolment capability. Both applications run on the bank’s recently upgraded banking platform “Finacle 10x” launched in April 2015 to address the need of customers for efficient, secure and a fast banking platform.
With a customer base in excess of eight million, the bank said it had invested heavily in building robust and secures digital banking platforms.
