UBA Liberia and Orange Money launch Mobile Money Push and Pull Service for their customers.

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Liberia, in partnership with Orange, launched the Mobile Money Push and Pull Service for their customers.

The service, also known as Bank to Wallet will provide an alternative channel to deposit or withdraw money from a UBA Customer’s Account to their Orange Money Wallet and vice versa. The service will also allow customers to do bank account balance inquiry and check their last five bank transactions.

UBA Liberia’s Managing Director, Mr. Olalekan Balogun, who spoke at the event, expressed satisfaction with the partnership and called on customers of both entities to take advantage of the digital platform to bring efficiency to their day to day activities. Balogun highlighted the importance of the partnership in the area of supporting the Central Bank of Liberia’s vision of financial inclusion.

To have access to the platform and to conduct self-services, all customers will need to register on Orange Money using *144# and proceed to any of UBA Business Offices in Liberia to link both their UBA Account and Orange Money Wallet Account.

Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications UBA Liberia, Melody Mezay-Ketter stated that the launch of the Bank to wallet platform signals a significant milestone for all UBA Customers which also supports the bank’s digital transformation agenda.

She called on other Liberians to take advantage of the opportunity to open an account with UBA and join thousands of customers to enjoy great deals of digital banking products been offered by the bank.

For the first three months, the service will be free of charges for all customers with a minimum fee of $0.50 as per transaction after the said period.

Authorities of the Central Bank of Liberia formed part of the event and expressed thanks to both UBA and Orange Liberia for such partnership which according to them, will bring relief to all Liberians.