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| Mr Segun Agbaje. MD, GTBank |
Guaranty Trust Bank plc is
applying state of the art technology and breakthrough innovation to
enable funds transfer on the mobile phone for the first time in Nigeria
for GTBank customers. The bank has launched another first of its kind
mobile channel through which GTBank customers can conveniently perform
third party transfers to both GTBank and other bank account holders in
Nigeria, via their mobile phones, by simply dialling the USSD short code
*737 with details of the amount and account number (NUBAN) of the
beneficiary.
The *737* transfer service is a
novel offering pioneered by GTBank in the Nigerian Financial Industry,
that is safe, simple and convenient. To initiate transfers to a GTBank
account, simply dial *737*1*Amount*NUBAN Account No# e.g.
*737*1*1000*1234567890# dr phil osagie
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The 737 transfer service has been introduced to build on the
success of the Bank’s One Click Top –upservice; which offers GTBank
customers an efficient and easy way to buy airtime on their mobile
phones directly from their GTBank account by simply dialing a short USSD
code (*737*AMOUNT#).
According to Mr. Segun Agbaje, Managing Director/CEO of the Bank,
“we will continue to leverage technology to make banking, especially
payments and transfers, faster, safer and more convenient for all our
customers. He further stated that, “this service addresses the
electronic banking requirements of our customers, irrespective of their
phone type”.
The *737* Transfer service is only available to GTBank customers
via their mobile phone numbers registered with the Bank and has minimum
transfer limit of N1,000 and a daily transfer limit of N20,000.
Guaranty Trust Bank plc was established in 1990 and has within the
last 25 years come to be recognized as one of the most profitable,
innovative, service focused and well managed banks in the Nigerian
financial market space. The Bank has a record of “Industry First”
innovations such as “GTBank Mobile App”, a mobile application that
merges internet banking and mobile money service offerings to allow
customers enjoy more flexible banking such as Check account balance,
Transfer Funds to family and friends, Stop and confirm cheques, Bill
payments, FX transfers, Flight Bookings, Airtime Recharge, Online
Shopping, Purchase cinema tickets e.t.c. Other Industry Firsts include;
Internet Banking, GTConnect; the interactive contact centre, Social
Banking on Facebook, FastTrack, SME MarketHub, an online e-commerce
platform and the first Naira MasterCard.