10 REASONS WHY YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS M-PESA PAY BY PHONE SOLUTION

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Dear businessman, don’t be left behind. Find out today, the 10 reasons why your business needs to build a relationship with Vodacom by having the M-Pesa Pay by Phone solution?

. The M-Pesa Pay by Phone service is interoperable which means, with this service, your business can receive payments from all other mobile network operator customers as well as banks. Vodacom customers will use the merchant payment option while customers from other networks will use the send money to other networks options.

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–there is an option to transfer funds that is real instantly. Auto seep settlement – this is a standing order option where a transfer schedule will be done and funds will transfer themselves full automated once a week/month.

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. This service is completely free for customers and merchants. There is no transaction fees charged to a customer nor the business.

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. The business owner has many options to transfer or settle his funds. She can transfer money from her Lipa till number to the business owner’s mobile wallet, or cash out to M-Pesa agents. She can pay other businesses that have Lipa services and she can transfer the funds to the bank.

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. Bank settlement has three different options: Free bank transfer - there is a bank settlement option that is completely free provided that the settlement is sent to 3 Vodacom partner banks i.e. CRDB, NBC or NMB (settlement to other banks has a very small TISS charges), real time settlement

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. Merchant loans product: very soon Vodacom will unveil a loan product to Pay by Phone merchants. Join this service so you can enjoy the option to increase your operations capital through our loan product in the near future.

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. M-Pesa Pay by Phone Service is the most affordable payment service in Tanzania. Feel free to conduct a simple comparative research

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. This service increases the security of your money compared to cash payments and eliminates the hassle of giving change. This service has also shown to increase sales as research shows that many buyers tend to reduce their spending when they run out of cash. With Pay by Phone there is no such a thing as running out of cash.

8options where the system will send SMS or email transaction. The solution comes with a web portal visibility and QR codes options.

9. As your business relationship with Vodacom grows, Vodacom will look at the potential for co-branding and shared promotions.

10. from using many other Vodacom services such as Bulk SMS, Bulk Disbursements. Build a partnership with Vodacom today by subscribing to Vodacom – The future is exciting! Ready?

For more information, contact us at the following numbers: Phone: 0754-712005, 0752-905678, 0765-666555, 0754-711370

Email: lipakwampesahqsupport@vodacom.co.tz

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