mmg+ positioned to provide key financial services to businesses – rep

…as subscriber base grows to over 60,000

With Guyana’s economy growing exponentially, GTT’s Mobile Money Guyana (mmg+) is positioned to provide several key financial services to businesses in Guyana, according to Partner Support Representative Rashawna Quintin.
Quintin made the comments during the recently concluded International Energy Conference and Expo, held in Georgetown last week – for which mmg+ was the official payment partner.
She said that businesses can register as merchants to receive one-off payments, as billers to receive recurring payments, as agents to earn more money or as disbursement partners to easily send money with transparency and without a hassle.
She added that many businesses are currently registered to the service because it’s an app that their customers and business colleagues are already familiar with and use frequently.
“We have over 60,000 subscribers and this number is constantly growing. When customers hear those businesses and services they use are on the mmg+ platform, they are excited to know that they can process their payments quickly without having to go to a physical location. What we offer is convenience and transparency for both businesses and customers and businesses have the opportunity to tap into mmg+ and allow their customers that option,” Quintin explained.
The mmg+ representative added that there are no limits to any category of business that can register for an mmg+ account.
“Any business can register, what they need to do is let us know what type of business they offer and once we are aware, then we will be able to offer some guidance as to which business category they should go into to best cater to their needs,” she noted.
Quintin said too that many businesses currently use the service as disbursement partners, to easily and transparently disburse money for various types of business transactions or to make payouts to staff.
“Let’s say that your employees want a part of their salaries to go directly to their mobile wallet, as a disbursement partner those payments can be processed and your staff can now easily conduct transactions from their cell phones without ever having to visit an ATM, and if they need cash, we have over 800 agents across all ten administrative regions,” the mmg+ representative stated.
According to Quintin, many small businesses have also set up on the mmg+ platform as merchants, to allow their customers to process payments to them with ease, while mmg+ also continues to expand its biller options.
The Mobile Money service also recently onboarded the New Building Society (NBS) to its platform, to allow customers to pay their mortgages via the application.
Businesses interested in registering for the service can visit the mmg+ website for information and guidance.

e-SIMS
Meanwhile, GTT announced on Sunday that it has made e-SIMs available for purchase and installation at all of the company’s retail stores across the country and street sale agents.
The e-SIM is a digital version of a physical SIM card that is pre-installed in a customer’s cell phone. It also allows for ease of tracking if the device is lost and seamless transfer of information when upgraded to another e-SIM compatible device.
Customers can activate a maximum of eight e-SIMs in one device depending on the model of the cell phone. However, it can only be utilised in one device at a time.
GTT’s e-SIM is compatible with US version iPhones and selected iOS devices purchased in Hong Kong and Macao. This includes iPhone 11, XS, XR, 12 and iPhone 13 running iOS version 16.2 or any further updates.
However, the e-SIM it is not available for iPhones or iPads purchased in the Chinese mainland, even if they appear on the list of e-SIM-compatible iPhones and iPads.
Additionally, there has been no official announcement by Samsung or any other android manufacturer that their e-SIM capable handsets will be guaranteed to work in Latin America and or the Caribbean Region.
GTT is advising customers that while some android handsets may be compatible with a GTT e-SIM, the company cannot guarantee it will continue to work should the handset be updated with a new operating software.
For existing GTT prepaid customers upgrading to an e-SIM, the cost is GY$500. While for new customers the cost is GY2000 and the customer will receive GY$1000 in credit.