Modupe Gbadeyanka
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
One of the leading drivers in e-payment system, Unity Bank Plc, has flagged off the Season 2 of its Unity Verve for Value Promo, which offers to give out cash prizes and other material rewards to customers and verve card holders of the bank.
The Season 2 offer is a set of incentives that have been packaged as a reward scheme for deserving customers and active users of the verve debit card on electronic platforms such as POS and WEB.
A statement from the bank quoted the Managing Director/CEO of Unity Bank Plc, Mrs Tomi Somefun, as saying that the Season 2 promo offer is aimed at spreading out the benefits of the scheme to bring more verve card holders into the reward net. She stated that from July to December, 2018 scheduled for the duration of the promo, as much as 300 Unity Bank verve cards holders (ie 50 winners monthly) will receive cash gifts while 3,000 customers (ie 500 card holders monthly) will receive airtime top-up.
To qualify for the promo, Verve Card holders are required to transact on POS and Web channels to accumulate transaction counts, volume and value. At the end of every month, 50 customers with highest number of transactions will enjoy reward of N5, 000 worth of cash, while another 500 will be rewarded with airtime top up.
Also speaking on the promo, the General Manager, Product and Channels, Unity Bank Plc, Mr Bonaventure Okhaimo, urged customers, old and new, to take advantage of the offer and participate actively, adding that the Season 2 Unity Verve for Value Promo is well thought out to promote consumer lifestyle and e-commerce experience by encouraging customers’ uptake to transact more on the POS and Web channels.
He said that “apart from the Season 2 reward promo, the bank is interested in the customers accessing wide-ranging electronic solutions that will give them control, convenience and product experience as more and more Verve card holders make purchases on PoS and Web”.
According to him, Unity Bank is committed to ensuring ease, convenience and security in banking transactions for all its customers and its Verve Card holders which is accepted for payment for goods and services.
Mr Okhaimo said that the promo gives Verve Card holders the benefits of using their cards and getting rewarded for their commitment and patronage.
He further assured Cards holders that Verve Cards are very secure as cardholders are protected against fraud by providing two-factor authentication platform to help guard them across channels.
The Season 1 Unity Verve for Value Promo produced two star prize winners: Mr Ofurum Oscar Chidiebube (Owerri branch) and Mr Ojo Gbenga Oluwafemi (Ado Ekiti branch) who were rewarded with an all-expense paid trip to Ghana.
Verve is a Naira denominated card linked to customer’s savings, current or corporate account and used to settle purchases within Nigeria. It is a Chip and PIN secured debit Cards that offers customers with 24-hour access to funds on ATMs, POS, and WEB within Nigeria thereby reducing the risk and the inconvenience of carrying cash.
