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Uber SA goes Zazoo

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 04 Mar 2015
Uber opts for mobile payments via Zazoo.
Uber opts for mobile payments via Zazoo.

Zazoo has partnered with Uber SA, allowing customers to now use the VCPay mobile application to pay for their rides.

VCPay allows those who do not own credit cards to create virtual MasterCards, using Net1's Mobile Virtual Card technology, which enables mobile devices to generate virtual MasterCard payment cards completely offline and without access to a mobile phone network.

The VCPay solution was made available to South African consumers early last month. Users activate the application by following an over-the-air registration process and linking the application to a number of funding options, including credit cards, electronic fund transfers and direct top-ups.

The application allows users to generate anonymous, unique virtual payment cards that can be used for online purchases, or in brick-and-mortar retailers that accept manual card-not-present payments.

"Uber is excited to be partnering with Zazoo and VCPay. Their system complements Uber seamlessly and it opens up our technology to a new group of clients, who without a credit card or debit card would not otherwise have been able to use Uber," says Alon Lits, GM of Uber Johannesburg. "This partnership makes Uber more accessible than ever before."

"Though mobile users and e-commerce adoption is rising in South Africa, there is still a large number of South Africans who do not have access to a credit card to enable them to make online and in-app purchases," says Philip Belamant, MD of Zazoo.

The companies recently did their first activation at Wits University, targeting students who don't have credit cards but are part of a demographic that would make use of the Uber service. "The uptake out of our first activation has been hugely encouraging," says Belamant.

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