NMB, Star Times launch partnership

DAILY NEWS Reporter

NATIONAL Microfinance Bank (NMB) Acting Head of Personal Banking, Mr Boma Raballa (second right) unveils a placard during the launch of a partnership with Star Times Tanzania under which customers can pay subscription fees through NMB Mobile and NMB branches across the network in Dar es Salaam. He is flanked by Senior Manager in the Marketing Depurtment for the Bank, Mr Yusuf Kenyagwa (right) and Star Times Customer Service Manager, Mr Gaspar Ngowi. (Photo by Robert Okanda)

NATIONAL Microfinance Bank (NMB) has launched a product that would help subscribers with Star Times Tanzania Limited pay subscription fees through the bank.

Speaking shortly after the launching ceremony in Dar es Salaam, the NMB Acting Head of Personal Banking, Mr Boma Raballa, said the cooperation would make it possible for subscribers with Star Times to pay for their fees through mobile phones and NMB branches across the network using NBM mobile platforms.

He said that the bank has fully accommodated Star Times within NMB mobile and the entire branch network in the country not that the service is convenient and safe for customers to use.

“Mobile money banking services has become paramount important for national development and brings our customers closer to our services as they can pay their subscription fees and other bills at the comfort of their homes through their mobile phone via NMB mobile,” he noted.

Star Times Customer Senior Manager Mr Gasper Ngowi said that the partnership clearly demonstrates the revolutionary role that a Bank and Pay TV company can play while simplifying payments for their customers and communities in general. With the move, both NMB and non NMB customers can pay their Star Times subscription fees through NMB mobile and NMB branches.

“Tanzanians in both urban and rural areas can now easily manage their finances, business as well as simplify their economic activities at all times through their mobile phones,” said Mr Ngowi.