By Ibrahim Joenal Sesay in Freetown
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Afrimoney during a press partnership launch integrated with the Commerce and Mortgage Bank (CMB) on Wednesday 28th September, 2022 at Africell Headquarters, Wilberforce, Freetown.
The Executive Director, Commerce and Mortgage Bank, Velma Labor recalled that in 2016 CMB was granted license which positioned the Bank to better compete in the financial ecosystem. She spoke about the change of name from HFC Mortgage and Savings (Mr. Mortgage) to its current name.
According to the Executive Director CMB, CMB embarked on a digital transformation journey with the objective of becoming the best digital bank in Sierra Leone.
“It is in line with this very objective which is why we are here today partnering with Afrimoney”
She however stated that the need for interoperability in ensuring a cashless economy cannot be over-emphasised. It is against this backdrop we collaborate with Afrimoney to provide our customers with the popular demand for a Bank2Wallet and Wallet2Bank seamless money transfer and payment system using the Afrimoney wallet platform.”
Afrimoney Director Mattison Obeng-Agyei, expressed joy on behalf of the team for doing business with CMB. He continued that Afrimoney is an easy way to access money from your phone and do transactions to the bank.
Obeng-Agyei continued that it is also the simplest and most conducive ways of doing transaction, like before you have to walk into a bank and do transaction of Le20.
According to him “He said if people can work from home, and lives move, and that means people can bank from home and business keep going.
He continued that they compete just to work hand in hand to satisfy their customers to achieved their better future. Sated that why can’t they work together to achieved that single objective.
He pointed out that some of the banks first thought that they were in competition with the mobile money company, but now they have seen the reason that they are just a Mobile money platform, and they are in none compacting financially institution.
He said the core products of the banks today did not exist, because they leave the bank to do what the banks are mandated to do and the banks has the best capability to do.
“The banks rely on us to do the services technology that they are able to bring forward, so they can make their existence possible together and satisfied the customers that are always saying they want to satisfied.
He stated that they always say Customer service, customer care, and love for the customers, He said these are services they need to put forward and collaborating consistently. He said they were happy for the partnership, and they will stop at nothing to make it possible. He said the best things will be come out if they only innovate, they innovate, and innovate. He said the bank and the Mobile money organization can only drive if they work with each other to enable to create new things.
He said their ability is to be able to work together to ensure that they are creating some new things with what will bring their satisfaction for the customers that they are working for. He said the partnership bring convenient and access to the customers. He said access is the ability to reach whatever you want at whatever time, and they are creating that access because this service will be able to delivered.
He said with your phone you can access your bank account, and do what you want to do with your account. He maintained that this partnership also means that any customers can save any amount of money, and can use any amount of money at any time.
