Stanbic IBTC Begins SMS Banking for Customers’ Convenience

April 5, 2021
Stanbic IBTC IDE

By Dipo Olowookere

The desire to bring more convenience to its customers has made Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc to introduce a unique SMS banking solution with a bundle of functionalities.

The SMS Banking Solution allows customers to initiate transactional and non-transactional banking activities by sending a short message from their registered phone number to a custom number, 30909.

A statement from the lender, which is a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, disclosed that through its 3S (SMS/Self Service), users can carry out funds transfer and bill payments.

The chief executive of Stanbic IBTC Bank, Mr Wole Adeniyi, explained that the 3S Banking Solution is one of the organisation’s offerings aimed at infusing digital banking to deliver solutions to customers’ banking needs.

According to him customers with feature phones and those with limited access to the internet can seamlessly initiate secure transaction requests or other general service requests to the bank.

“Stanbic IBTC leverages on communication protocols and services available on a mobile device such as SMS to bring more convenience to its customers.

The 3S Banking Solution possesses funds transfer and bill payment capabilities. It is simple to use and can be adopted by all our customers,” he said.

“Stanbic IBTC remains committed to the delivery of innovative solutions to enhance customer experience and increase financial inclusion in the country,” he added.

Dipo Olowookere

Dipo Olowookere is a journalist based in Nigeria that has passion for reporting business news stories. At his leisure time, he watches football and supports 3SC of Ibadan.

Mr Olowookere can be reached via [email protected]

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