His BBM Will Soon Become My Mobile Bank

Research In Motion now popularly know as Blackberry plans to launch a mobile money platform which will enable you transfer money via its Blackberry Messenger(BBM) chat app. Reports say them wan collect market from WhatsApp but wait oo, sey WhatsApp na mobile money enabled app? Indonesia has been used to kick off in partnership with PT Bank Permata, who will set up the mobile money accounts, process financial transactions and manage bank-grade security measures including passcode, encryption and monitoring. 

What is my Benefit?

According to them, the app should allow BBM users  to create and access accounts from their BlackBerry smartphone, transfer money to bank accounts and make real-time payments to other BBM contacts who also use BBM. Also app users can purchase mobile airtime or prepaid SIM cards for themselves, family and friends too.

How does it work? 
If you want to do a transaction just go into BBM money and transfer in a simple way as if you are chatting.

Now what does this mean for the ladies...

• He must have a blackberry.
• No excuses any more of I could not get to the bank to do the transaction.
• No more *the Mallam selling recharge card in my street has closed* you can now transfer via BBM. 
• Your BIS will not expire anymore.
• Shop everywhere you go!

 (Don't mention my name oo, that's at your own risk, lolllllllllllllllllllllllllll) 

On a serious note now, I think this is a very good innovation coming from Blackberry. A lot of people choose not to download the BBM app, and according to them it causes a whole lot of distraction especially broadcast messages, which I agree also. But, if some other innovations like this can come up to create a lot of other uses of the app then maybe Apple may have a run for the market. 

We earnestly await its arrival to naija, hoping that it will be successful as most of the mobile money platforms have not been in time past, also putting into consideration our epileptic power supply and network problems. 

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