Virtual dollar cards have become central to accessing the global digital economy, especially as an African. Whether you want to pay for subscriptions, shop on international e-commerce platforms, or pay for courses for your professional development, being able to have seamless payment access is now a baseline requirement, no longer a luxury.
However, choosing the right platform to get a virtual dollar card is just as important. You need to look out for the fee transparency, transaction limits, access to global platforms, security features, and their customer service.
This guide provides an insight into the top 7 virtual dollar card providers in Nigeria, so you can make an informed choice.
Top 7 Virtual Dollar Card Providers in Nigeria (2026)
The top 7 virtual...
Customer loyalty is not as easy as it sounds. The truth is, most customer loyalty programs fail to deliver the results businesses want. Studies have shown that many ecommerce loyalty programs have problems with low usage, few sign-ups, or customer churn.
The idea of customer loyalty is not the problem. A well-designed customer loyalty program for ecommerce can encourage customers to buy from you again and increase the amount they spend with you over time.
The problem is how you do it. Many customer loyalty programs for ecommerce businesses fail because they miss details. Like making sure the program is easy to use, creating a good reward system, or using customer data.
That is why even some of the ecommerce loyalty programs...
PocketMoni is the Mobile Money service offering of eTranzact. Formally called M-Teller, PocketMoni Mobile Money is a service that enables you create an e-wallet on your mobile phone for making payments, fund transfer, as well as for receiving money. PocketMoni is one of the Mobile Money services in Nigeria like MTN Mobile Money, that will help you survive in a cash-lite or cashless Nigeria.
The attraction in PocketMoni Mobile Money service for us is that it is accessible from most Networks and is supported by many banks. So, it is available to everyone irrespective of network or bank. The downside...
Before boarding a flight, you have to check-in, after which you are given a boarding pass to enable you board the flight. Traditionally, check-in was done at the airport at the check-in counter of the airline. But with the advancement in technology, most notably ICT, airlines now have online check-in feature as part of their online airline booking platforms. Online check-in makes things easy for travelers and saves cost for airlines.
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All the six Nigerian airlines we currently track; namely Air Peace, Aero airlines, Dana air, FirstNation airways, Arik air, and Air Nigeria...
Mobile Banking is a value-added service offered by a bank to enable customers to conveniently and securely conduct their banking transactions on their mobile phones. A mobile banking App from your Bank will enable you to transfer funds, check your account balance and statement, and conduct other banking transactions without having to visit your bank. You can also buy airtime and pay utility bills with the mobile banking platform.
How does Mobile Banking work?
Depending on your bank, mobile banking services are offered mostly via a Mobile App on Android or iOS, or USSD or SMS. Some banks will offer all...
You must have heard about the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN by now. Well, if you have not, it is a policy aimed at reducing the volume of physical cash circulating in the Nigerian economy and encouraging e-payment options. Core to the cashless (more like cash-lite) policy is the introduction of daily bank deposit/withdrawal limits above which account holders pay huge transaction costs.
Most articles on the cashless policy so far have focused on either announcing the policy or highlighting the challenges facing it.
Very few have actually focused on what payment and transaction options are available...
MTN Mobile Money (a.k.a MTN MoMo) is a service that enables users to send and receive money as well as make payments for products and services with their mobile phones. With MoMo, you can transfer money to any MTN user within any of the supported African countries. Note that cross-border transfers are not supported for now.
For now, you can only transfer to users within your own country. Mobile Money is offered by MTN in partnership with banks. It is one of a number of mobile money services that are available in Nigeria and across Africa.
MTN Mobile Money enables you...
Google Music is a new service from the world's leading search engine that enables users store up to 20,000 songs in the cloud, sync them across multiple devices, share and enjoy them from anywhere. According to Google's press release launching the new music service "Google Music is about discovering, purchasing, sharing and enjoying digital music in new, innovative and personalized ways". Google Music is currently only available in the United States.
Store up to 20,000 Songs
Google Music enables users store up to 20,000 songs for free in the cloud. Users can upload their own songs from their existing collection or...
U-Mo, the mobile money service from Afripay a member of the UBA group currently supports three account types. The three U-Mo e-wallet types vary in terms of their target market, per transaction limit, daily transaction limits and the documentation required for registration. The three U-Mo mobile money account types are U-Mo Silver, U-Mo Gold, and U-Mo Platinum.
U-Mo Silver Mobile Money e-wallet
This is the mobile money service for the masses. U-Mo Silver is the easiest to get as it requires no identification and no documents. All you need is fill a very short form (name, address, sex, occupation, and phone...
U-Mo is a mobile money service from UBA. The UBA U-Mo Mobile Money service is accredited by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and powered by Afripay, a subsidiary of the UBA Group. UBA U-Mo is a mobile money service, similar to the yet to be launched M-Teller mobile money service from eTransact, which enables users make and receive payments as well as conduct other financial transactions with their mobile phone.
UBA U-Mo enables you create an e-wallet on your mobile phone for handling your transactions like MTN Mobile Money. So, it turns your phone into a wallet. With the...
TrueBranches, an online export/import service company, has introduced a free BlackBerry mobile app to bring its services closer to its customers. With this new mobile app Nigerians will be able to buy items in US stores using their BlackBerry mobile phones and have them delivered to them in Nigeria. The BlackBerry app also enables merchants in Nigeria to sell their products to the US market.
The TrueBranches mobile app is an extension of the website located at www.truebranches.com. It is aimed at bringing its services closer to its customers and empowering them to access its services from anywhere without restriction.
TrueBranches...
Google Offers was a service by Google that helps you find attractive deals on products and services at local or online businesses, while you search the web. Google Offers will also be delivered to subscribers via email. The service is on beta in Portland, Oregon, United States and will soon be available in a few selected cities in the United States.
Google Offers will display offers and deals on products and services relevant to your search term and location while you search the web or have them delivered to your email. Google Offers will be displayed on Google's search products...
Google Wallet is a new mobile app by Google that promises to turn your mobile phone to your wallet. With Google Wallet, you can shop and pay for goods and services at physical locations using an NFC (Near Field Communications) enabled mobile phone. Google Wallet replaces your current plastic payment cards, by enabling you store virtual copies of your credit cards and gift cards on your mobile phone, saving you from carrying a multiplicity of physical cards. Google Wallet will also store offers, coupons, and loyalty cards enabling users to save while shopping. Google Wallet is currently available on...
AlertPay opens the door to a lot of opportunities on the internet. You can accept AlertPay as a means of payment for your goods and services. You can also receive money from friends and family via AlertPay once you have an email address, whether or not you have an AlertPay account. After receiving funds via AlertPay the next logical question is how do you withdraw your funds? AlertPay offers a number of ways of withdrawing funds from your e-wallet. You can withdraw from your AlertPay account directly or use the services of independent e-currency exchangers. Here we will discuss...
After opening an AlertPay account, the next step is probably funding it. Sometimes you may be invited to open an AlertPay account if someone sends money to your email via AlertPay even when you do not have an account already. In such a situation your next step after opening an account will be to withdraw the fund from your e-wallet. AlertPay offers a number of ways for funding or withdrawing funds from your e-wallet. You can fund or withdraw from your AlertPay account directly or use the services of independent e-currency exchangers. Here we will discuss ways of funding...
AlertPay is an electronic payment service that enables account holders to send and receive payments over the internet. AlertPay offers a great payment solution for merchants. Your customers can easily pay for goods and services at your online store, website, even email with credit/debit card or with their AlertPay e-wallet. In addition, AlertPay has members in over 190 countries giving you access to a global market.
Selling online via AlertPay is as simple as opening an AlertPay Personal Pro or AlertPay business accounts. Once you open any of these two AlertPay account, you can start selling with AlertPay immediately. Here...
AlertPay is an electronic payment service that enables account holders to easily make and receive payments on the internet. AlertPay is a direct competitor to PayPal. AlertPay and PayPal offer very similar services. The only difference between the two is that while PayPal have refused to accept accounts from Nigeria, AlertPay accepts Nigerian accounts. PayPal also seems to be more popular and has been in the business much longer. However, AlertPay is gradually gaining in popularly and currently boasts of over five million account holders. So if you are looking for an easy and secure way of making and...
Liberty Reserve is an e-currency for easily making and receiving payments for goods and services over the internet. If you are planning selling stuff online, Liberty Reserve is one of the payment solutions worth considering. Liberty Reserve is one of a few payment solutions available to people with no access to credit/debit cards.
Payment is instant and irreversible reducing cost for merchants. Merchants that allow the use of Liberty Reserve as a means of payment for products and services on their website enable millions of internet users without credit/debit cards to shop online.
Receiving payments online via Liberty Reserve is as...
Liberty Reserve is an e-currency for easily making and receiving payments for goods and services over the internet. Once you open your Liberty Reserve account, the next step is funding it. Liberty Reserve SA does not sell the LR e-currency directly; rather you fund your account by buying the e-currency from other LR account holders or funding through an independent Liberty Reserve exchange provider. Here we will provide information about some Nigerian based Liberty Reserve exchange providers. We will focus on Liberty Reserve exchangers who are members of the Global Digital Currency Association (GDCA) and those recognised at the...
Liberty Reserve is an electronic payment system that enables account holders to make secure payments on the internet using value stored in their account. Currently value stored in a Liberty Reserve account can be in US Dollars (USD), Euro (EUR), and Gold gram (gg). Liberty Reserve is an e-currency that allows instant payment. It allows account holders to easily send and receive money online no matter their location or distance apart. Since, Liberty Reserve also stores value in gold, it is also a Digital Gold Currency.
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To understand Liberty Reserve, look at it as...
eTranzact International PLC has announced the commencement of its Yuletide promotion for both existing and new cardholders. The promo tagged Genesis Yuletide Promo is offering cardholders discount services in over 1,000 shops across the country via the use of their eTranzact Genesis Card; cardholders also stand a chance to win 20 High-Tech Blackberry or Nokia phones and other unique instant items.
Speaking about the promotion, Mr. Adeyemi Opene, Brand Manager of eTranzact said, "In the spirit of Christmas, eTranzact would like to share the joy of the season with our cardholders by offering over 20% - 25% discount in over...
eTranzact is one of the companies that got CBN Approval to offer mobile money services in Nigeria. The new mobile money service now called PocketMoni was formally called M-Teller Mobile Money. Here we will provide our thoughts about the new mobile money e-wallet service and how it may work based on information already released by eTranzact and operation of mobile money services in other countries especially Kenya.
eTrazact has launched the mobile money service as PocketMoni Mobile Money, you can follow the link to read more about the service.
According eTranzact, M-Teller service is a mobile money service designed to provide...
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Virtual dollar cards have become central to accessing the global digital economy, especially as an African. Whether you want to pay for subscriptions, shop...
