Bank of Industry (BOI) as
part of its contribution to digital technology and the internet of things has
launched a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) digital product offerings, to
drive leading edge business processes worldwide beginning with its SME Mobile
App, ITRealms reports.
The mobile application,
ITRealms report, is available on
various app stores online, offers customers the benefits of speed, mobility and
convenience that come with it and has the capacity to involve SME Accounting
Application (SAAPP), Online Loan Application Portal, Loan Application Tracking
System and SME Customer Portal.
Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer, BOI, Mr. Rasheed Olaluwa, quoting Nigeria Communications
Commission’s report in a key note address at the occasion, said the number of
internet users in Nigeria has grown to 83.3 million as at February 2015, and
the number of active mobile subscribers increased to over 145.5 million, giving
Nigeria a teledensity of over 85 per cent, based on a population figure of 170
million.
“These developments
imply that we live in a digital and mobile world. At BOI, we have repositioned
our systems, processes and services to take advantage of this new digital and
mobile world to offer our customers the benefits of speed, mobility and
convenience that come with it.”
According to Olaluwa,
the Mobile App is easy to use in view of its user-friendly features that make
it pleasing to the eyes and fun to browse, and also serves as a power house of
SME-centric information and loan application cum tracking tool, while the
simplified nature of the SAAPP App makes it easy to use by SME’s, and structured
financial statement which could be generated simply by expenditures as well as
other sundry payments and receipts. Easily understood user manuals are provided
alongside the App and a 24/7 support platform created to assist users who might
require such service.
He further disclosed
that the SME Mobile App could be downloaded free from Google Play Store for
Android phones and tablets, App World for Blackberry and App Store for iPhones
and iPads, and the SAAPP as well is being deployed to SME customers via BOI
branded, licensed and secured flash drives and also programmed for installation
on a maximum of three devices per business entity and is available at a
pocket-friendly price of N20,000.00.
ITRealms also gathered that on 2 March
2015, the Bank of Industry upgraded its banking application from Equinox to a
more robust version called Rubikon, which provides a strong platform for the
automation of its processes to deliver improved services to customers.
Remmy Nweke & Daniel
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