UBA PARTNERS GBS IN BILLS PAYMENT & PROMOTIONS In line with the bank’s commitment to ensure comfortable and secured banking and payment services for all Ghanaians, UBA Ghana has introduced a new payment solution for existing and prospective subscribers of GBS (Gateway Broadcasting Services). This new payment platform now affords existing and potential customers the opportunity to subscribe to GBS - to ‘give a new life to their television’, and conveniently pay their subscription bills at any UBA branch location nationwide. The new payment solution by UBA has been designed with the customer in mind. Beginning the month of May 2008, the new service brings payment services to the doorstep of the Ghanaian public. Commenting on the partnership, the Chief Operating Officer of UBA Ghana, Mr Sanusi Mudasiru, said that the bank’s superior IT infrastructure enables it to offer the most convenient and safest platform for payment of subscription bills. He mentioned that the UBA platform is highly automated with efficient transaction solutions. According to him, ‘our efficient platform is devoid of any manual manipulation and it enables the system to perform all sorts of validations such as ensuring the GBS customer’s account number id entered is updated same day on real time basis. In a similar deal, UBA has also partnered GBS for its current promotion which is running till July 15, 2008. Under this partnership, potential customers can get connected to GBS by paying for a special offer price on dish, decoder, smartcard and installation at the nearest UBA branch. UBA Ghana is a subsidiary of United Bank for Africa Plc, which is the largest banking group in West Africa with a balance sheet of approximately US$15bn and more than 6 million customers across West Africa. UBA (Ghana) Limited is currently operating in 12 locations in Ghana – Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi. |