The Unity Finance Zambia has launched a new mobile application dubbed UniApp aimed at promoting easy access to financial transactions by its clients via mobile phones. Speaking at an event held at Sarovar Premiere hotel in Lusaka on March 21, Chief Executive Officer Emil Paul said the app will enable clients apply for a loan via mobile phones.
Paul told the gathering that his company has designed the Online offering will enable qualifying clients to rollover loans with the ability of making transfers and payments via mobile phones. he stated that the new improved application will be accessed by individuals within or outside the country including those with or without smartphones adding that it is in a bid to reach and serve its clients without physically having them at the branch .
“As a company we believe in the power of technology, and this UniApp is an advantage to our clients and the business markets as it will enable them have a quick and simple access to financial transactions and get loans from us via mobile phone which will also reduce on their expenses”. He said.
And Head of Information Technology (IT) Mulenga Sichalwe told the Zambian Business Times – ZBT in a separate interview that the platform provided is available to all individuals by simply dialing *414# for inquiries and requests made to the company.
Sichalwe said the creation of the UniApp will make clients have control over their financial positions and situation by allowing them to access the company’s services through mobile phones. “We thought of creating this app because we consider people that live in rural areas who have to travel long distances to access our facility and those with busy schedules to simply have access to this platform for quicker response to our services”, he said
