Thursday, 10 October 2013

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TELCS  LIMITED
CAPITAL MALL BUILDING
5TH AVENUE, RIDGE-ACCRA
www.telcs.com.gh
0302 77 44 1-5







FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TELCS INTRODUCES ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM IN GHANA
Accra, Ghana, December 10th 2013- Ghana's leading telecommunications provider, TELCS, has successfully launched another innovative service. The service named “Online Cash Out” offers internet users the convenience and ease of paying for goods and services instantly on the internet and ATMs anytime, anywhere without a card. The service is the first in Ghana and within the TELCS Group.
The Online Cash Out service is currently available to all Ghanaian internet users both home and abroad.
In a statement issued in Accra, the Senior Manager of TELCS, Brendon Rogers said “TELCS is committed to providing services that enable Ghanaians improve their lives through the use of digital devices and touch points available in the country. He said, “I believe the introduction of this innovative service to the Ghanaian market will enrich the user experience of customers”. Customers can now purchase items online and access their cash anytime, anywhere even when Merchant outlets have closed”.
This new service is being formally launched as part of the annual TELCS Customer Month celebrations.  The theme for the celebration is, “TELCS: its fast, it’s easy, every time everywhere”.
Speaking at the opening ceremony recently, Mr. Wesley Kwasi Adjei Sr., Sales and Distribution Executive of TELCS Ghana, shed more light on the company’ss contribution to the growth of online payments in Ghana.   
He said, “a year ago, we launched the online payment system Month to promote and begin national discussions on a cashless society and we achieved this objective with various stakeholders still sustaining various discussions on the theme throughout the year.” This year’s activities will reinforce our interest in sustaining the use of the internet, he added.
As part of TELCS Customer Month celebrations, TELCS will run exciting promotions to reward existing and new customers as well as embark on customer education activities.  The company will also run online payment and market clinics and educational events and floats across the country.


TELSC was the first to launch Online Payments System in Ghana. TELCS Group operates in 14 countries with over 20 million customers.

 Media contact

Richard K. A. Agyapong
Corporate Communications

NOTES TO EDITORS
About TELCS Ghana
TELCS Ghana is the market leader in the increasingly competitive mobile telecommunications, online payments and shipping industry in Ghana, offering customers and subscribers a range of exciting options and has committed itself to delivering reliable and innovative services which will further enrich Ghana’s telecommunications and ICT market.  The company currently has 20 million customers.  For further information, visit www.telcs.com.gh .

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