FirstBank, UNICEF partner on mobile payment solution

First Bank of Nigeria Plc, through its mobile payment solution, FirstMonie has partnered with the United Nations Children Education Fund, UNICEF on its polio health scheme to ensure that its monetary donations get to recipients despite their locations.

Speaking on the partnership, the head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney said, the FirstMonie platform which facilitates the entry of the unbanked and under-banked population into the financial system, offers an excellent medium for UNICEF to disburse funds securely to beneficiaries across the nation.

The partnership will see FirstMonie, the mobile money payment solution of FirstBank support the UNICEF Health Scheme Initiative through its payment disbursement services and redemption related issues to its Volunteer Community Mobilisers (VCMs) as well as their consultants across the nation.

The mobile payment solutions, also enables subscribers send and receive money, pay bills, buy airtime, and make sundry purchases in Nigeria without having a bank account.

[Vanguard]

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