Vodafone’s m-tala partners with S.N.P.F
(L-R) Samoa National Provident Fund CEO Pauli Prince Suhren & Vodafone Acting CEO Rana Bose shake hands after signing their partnership agreement.
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Vodafone Samoa in partnership with Samoa National Provident Fund have come up with a solution to solving the hazard of waiting in long queue when it comes to Samoa’s finance inclusion.
The initiative of the project was to ease up the SNPF senior citizens on their monthly pensions , by allowing them to access their finances digitally online and from the comfort of their own home using M-Tala.
This also benefits the SNPF clients, allowing them to access and make voluntary contributions and loan repayments directly from their mobile phone simply by dialing *175#.
"We do not make any money by doing this service , it is completely free. We do it for our customers and for the Samoa people" says Vodafone Acting CEO Rana Bose in a press conference.
"So any loan repayments or contribution is free , we do not charge for this service.If you are using M-Tala for money transfer from abroad or anywhere then we charge only that. As for NPF it is one hundred percent free" he said.
Vodafone acting CEO Rana Bose & SNPF CEO Pauli Prince Suhren signs off their agreement on the M-Tala & SNPF Project.
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The SNPF CEO Pauli Prince Suhren acknowledges this new partnership and stated how important it is for the Samoa community. "Its about utilizing available technology to ease and simplify our interactions with our members" he said.
In an exclusive interview with Head of M-Tala Rebecca Mauilo, she states "We do have future plans with SNPF and we feel that baby steps are important first and caring for the elderly community was our first step towards our goal"
Fuimaono Ivan Afamasaga head of Marketing at Vodafone Samoa said they are happy and confident with this initiative and will make the lives of Samoans easy and convenient.