{"id":2742,"date":"2024-05-10T13:54:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessjurnalmedia.com\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2024-05-10T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:54:11","slug":"wink-pay-goes-live-the-opening-pillar-of-wink-neo-lebanons-first-neo-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessjurnalmedia.com\/?p=2742","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWink Pay\u201d goes live\u2026.!\u00a0\u00a0The opening pillar of Wink Neo; Lebanon\u2019s first Neo Bank\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Credit Libanais introduces <strong>Wink Pay<\/strong>, a cutting-edge mobile wallet that&nbsp; marks the first pillar of its Wink Neo in collaboration with Codebase&nbsp; Technologies and Visa; the world leader in digital payments;&nbsp; Through <strong>Wink Pay, <\/strong>Credit Libanais introduced the country&#8217;s first fully-digital&nbsp; onboarding and instant card issuance proposition to the market. This&nbsp; revolutionary service provides 6 million Lebanese citizens with the&nbsp; capability to securely and transparently manage their payments for local&nbsp; and international purchases <strong>with no need for a bank account<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wink Pay <\/strong>orchestrates a unique user experience through its mobile&nbsp; application by providing the citizens with the best solution to have access&nbsp; to financial services to issue a virtual preloaded card <strong>as quick as a wink <\/strong>while enjoying a seamless, paperless and secure payment experience.&nbsp; It features also <strong>the country&#8217;s first fully digital onboarding with e-KYC&nbsp; verification to address customers\u2019 needs for trusted digital experience. <\/strong>It&nbsp; also includes value-added features like card and payment management&nbsp; tools that allow users to locate nearby card-loading agents and to&nbsp; personalize their card by selecting its color directly from the mobile app.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wink Pay mobile application includes also innovative features that&nbsp; stand out prominently such as <strong>Wink Transfer and remittance service <\/strong>which&nbsp; allows users to effortlessly transfer money to any card, IBAN or digital&nbsp; wallet in Lebanon and abroad .&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flexibility of Wink Transfer not only simplifies peer-to-peer transactions&nbsp; but also broadens the scope of financial interactions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing the vision behind Wink Pay<strong>, Mrs Randa Bdeir, <\/strong><strong>Deputy General&nbsp; Manager and Head of Electronic Payment Solutions and Card Technology&nbsp; at Credit Libanais <\/strong><strong>, said \u201c<\/strong>In the wake of Lebanon&#8217;s economic challenges&nbsp; characterized by a substantial <strong>rise in the number of unbanked individuals <\/strong>and an increase in reliance of the economy on transfers and remittances,&nbsp; Credit Libanais acknowledges the necessity of adapting to this shifting&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>financial landscape and answering the need of the Lebanese citizens by&nbsp; giving them the chance to instantly <strong>acquire a preloaded virtual card to&nbsp; execute their purchases and transfers locally and abroad with no&nbsp; restrictions.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this initiative, Credit Libanais endeavors to contribute to greater&nbsp; financial inclusion.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bdeir Added: \u201cWink Pay <\/strong>symbolizes a commitment to innovation and&nbsp; resilience that was inspired by the success <strong>story of Revolut, <\/strong>offering a&nbsp; modern, convenient and cost-effective alternative to traditional banking.&nbsp; Through <strong>Wink Pay<\/strong>, we were able to simplify and digitize customer&nbsp; onboarding, as well as facilitate online payments and transfers especially&nbsp; that now more than ever, customers are looking for dependable and&nbsp; convenient ways to effectively manage their payments without having a&nbsp; bank account.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt Visa, we are excited to partner with Codebase Technologies and Credit&nbsp; Libanais to launch innovative and disruptive products, and we are proud of&nbsp; this collaborative effort to bring Wink Pay to the market,\u201d said <strong>Mario&nbsp; Makary, Vice President &#8211; Levant at Visa. <\/strong>He added, \u201cInstant issuance virtual&nbsp; cards will revolutionize the way consumers pay by providing an efficient,&nbsp; secure, and convenient payment solution. With these virtual cards,&nbsp; customers can instantly create and access digital payments, significantly&nbsp; improving the customer experience. And by leveraging Visa\u2019s secure global&nbsp; payments infrastructure and advanced fraud prevention capabilities,&nbsp; customers can enjoy the peace of mind that their payments are safe and&nbsp; secure.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tamer Al Mauge, Codebase Technologies&#8217; Managing Director for MENA,&nbsp; stated, <\/strong>&#8220;The Wink Pay app can be summed up in three words: <strong>easy, quick,&nbsp; and impactfu<\/strong>l. From the branding to the interactive elements, everything&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>has been designed with the younger generation in mind and without any&nbsp; unnecessary distractions. The onboarding, account opening, e-KYC&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>verification, and card issuance process are quick, involving only three steps;&nbsp; furthermore, no deposit is required to start using the services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit Libanais introduces Wink Pay, a cutting-edge mobile wallet that&nbsp; marks the first pillar of its Wink Neo in collaboration with Codebase&nbsp; Technologies and Visa; the world leader in digital payments;&nbsp; Through Wink Pay, Credit Libanais introduced the country&#8217;s first fully-digital&nbsp; onboarding and instant card issuance proposition to the market. 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