A digital payment solution provider, Purplepay has launched its mobile pay solution Application for the world, with Nigeria as the pioneer leading country. This digital payment platform promises to offer and shape consumers’ experiencing seamless transactions with the aim to change the way businesses, religious centres and NGOS send and receive funds. It is the pocket friendly, convenient and safest way to send and receive money, pay bills and top-up airtime with ease anytime and from anywhere.

Purplepay users get to enjoy physical dollar cards delivered to them that can be used for withdrawals, online payments, online subscriptions and so much more.

Purplepay which is available on Android and IOS app stores has a QR code scanner that allows merchants to receive payments as well as a bulk payment feature allows users to make huge payments at once.

The peer-to-peer transfers’ feature allow users to send and receive money from other Purplepay users just with their usernames/phone numbers.

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Speaking to the press at the launching, Atuche Patrick, managing director/CEO of Purplepay, said that the Nigerian market now has something to look forward to as this application applied to everyone.

According to him, this move is to aid the Central Bank of Nigeria’s cashless police adoption more than ever and with the Covid-19 pandemic, it has made it imminent to help prevent transmission of the virus.

He explained that with PurplePay’s cross-border payments and multicurrency wallet (local and USD), it would help the users connect with their loved ones and by doing so, bring them closer to each other.

According to him, at verified purplepay vendor outlets, its users can pay for goods and services from their purplepay app by scanning vendor QR codes at checkout points and pay with single click.

Speaking further on other unique features, Patrick explained that the digital platform provides virtual Accounts for its Nigerian users to send and receive money from any bank in Nigeria with their Purplepay Account number.

Hope Moses-Ashike is an Associate Editor, Banking and Finance, with more than a decade of experience reporting on Nigeria’s financial system and broader economy. She closely tracks market movements, monetary policy decisions, company disclosures, regulatory actions, economic indicators, and global developments, and interprets what they mean for businesses, investors, policymakers, and households. Her reporting helps readers understand complex issues such as inflation trends, foreign exchange market dynamics, interest rate decisions, bank performance, and investment risks. She also covers major international events and periodically travels to Washington, D.C., to report on the World Bank/IMF Spring and Annual Meetings. Her dedication to financial journalism has earned her multiple recognitions and invitations to high-level professional development programmes. She is an alumna of the International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) in the United States and holds an Advanced Financial Journalism Certificate from the Press Association Training in London, UK. Her other notable achievements include completing the Lagos Business School CMC Programme, the Bloomberg Media Africa Initiative Programme, and a Master Class in Journalism at Rhodes University in South Africa.

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