Verve and Remita have signed a partnership agreement that will incorporate both companies’ products and create more payment options for both merchants and their respective card and platform users.
The partnership agreement between Verve and Remita was described by Verve International Chief Executive Officer, Mike Ogbalu, as an exciting development that offers the public seamless payment experience.
The partnership benefit
Both Verve and Remita partnered to provide millions of customers an advancement in payment during business transactions with merchants, that affords the public to use Verve card to make payment on the Remita platform.
In a report by The Nation, the partnership will increase the card payment options available to customers on the Remita platform.
“We continually seek out viable opportunities and partnerships that expand functional coverage of Verve’s physical and digital tokens, and such collaboration as this is testament to that relentless drive.
“It is an exciting development, not only for us as an organisation, but more essentially to millions of Verve customers, as it means there are now even more things they can do with their Verve cards and digital tokens.
“More so, this partnership further consolidates our service footprint across the Nigerian and African financial ecosystem and guarantees that more customers would enjoy the benefits that accrue from using a Verve card,” Mike Ogbalu said.
Meanwhile, the Divisional Head, Products, Services and International Business at SystemSpecs, owners of Remita, Demola Igbalajobi, said the e-payment platform also serves as a strategic partnership.
“The acceptance of Verve cards on Remita represents increased convenience to Remita customers, and a strategic partnership for markets in which Verve operates”.
Systemspecs profile
Systemspecs was founded in 1992 by John Obaro. The company was intially into payment solutions for companies and the Federal Government, before it developed the retail version of Remita. Remita is the payment gateway for the government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA).