Vodacom Financial Services has announced a technology partnership with Alipay, the world’s leading digital lifestyle services platform, to bring inclusive mobile solutions to South African consumers and merchants through innovative digital technologies.
The super-app will make it easier than ever to manage your entire life and business through your smartphone, said the Operator. Simplicity and convenience at its best with just one app offering you customised, dynamic products and services at the touch of your screen no matter where you are.
Vodacom Financial Services will work closely with Alipay to leverage their global learnings and develop a super-app that will not only offer stellar digital customer experience, but bring to life a market place of goods and services tailored to the South African customer needs underpinned by a progressive digital payments ecosystem designed to serve both the banked and unbanked parts of the population. Customers and merchants will all find each other on one affordable platform, operated by Vodacom Financial Services, with Alipay as the technology provider.
Alipay is, owned and operated by the Ant Group, an innovative global technology provider.
Shameel Joosub, CEO, Vodacom Group
We already offer South African customers an ecosystem of innovative digital financial services products, but this technology partnership with Alipay will enable us to be on par with leading global digital counterparts quicker and more efficiently.
Guoming Cheng, Head of Global Payment Partnership, Ant Group
Vodacom Financial Services’ aim is to better serve customers and merchants in South Africa through digital technology, and we look forward to working with them to achieve this.
