A local financial technology (fintech) solution called Cash Chat, a digital and social network mobile application developed by Bold Cashers Limited, a Ugandan technology company, has arrived on the market with over 20, 000 Ugandans accessing the much needed financial freedom and social media experience like they have never known before.
The Cash Chat mobile app, the first if its kind in Uganda, is powered by PesaMoni, a global payment gateway. Over 400, 000 global users have signed up on the mobile app.
Mr. Edgar Ofoyuru, the Products Designer at Bold Cashers Limited, speaking at a press conference held at Eureka Place Hotel in Kampala on Thursday said the Cash Chat mobile app which has been in development for two years helps users to transfer money, advertise products, chat with people in their phone contact list and professional networks, upload statuses and make voice and video calls
“The Cash Chat mobile app is unique in a way that you can chat and promote something you are interested in through a new business dimension that involves advertising on the mobile app. As a designer and technical division team, we have focused more on providing a good and unique user experience,” Mr. Ofoyuru stated.
“The app is easy to use once you have finished downloading it from Google’s Play Store and installing it in your gadget. All you do is register to open and activate your account normally like with any other platform you have seen before but our messaging, chatting, making audio and video calls, uploading statuses all come in a unique way. And with Bold Cashers we have added financial features that enable you the user to transfer money as you chat with your people,” Mr Ofoyuru remarked.
The App, now available on Google Store and will be available on Apple Store in the next six months, and integrated with Bold Cashers, provides customers with a digital wallet (My Bold Cashers Bank) that gives them access to their savings and key financial transactions like buying airtime, paying for utility bills, sending and receiving money and depositing money to save.
The Chief Executive Officer of Bold Cashers Limited and developer of the Cash Chat mobile app Mr. Asher Namanya Asanasio says that this is the start of an ambitious attempt to make Africa go cashless. Mr. Namanya, speaking at the same press conference, said they are working with the leading telecommunication companies and commercial banks in the world, Visa and MasterCard to enable Cash Chat users access their money anywhere in the world.
“We are an authentic company that believes that the future of developing countries like Uganda and others in Africa is in investing in technology and in innovations like Cash Chat mobile app. We are facilitating the process for Africa to become cashless. We are looking at having a unified one stopover product where you can be able to chat, transfer money and many other things. Our vision is to connect the world through financial technology and social media,” Mr. Namanya told journalists in Kampala.
“The Cash Chat mobile app has a Bold Cashers wallet in the chat that enables users to transfer money to their Airtel and MTN mobile money accounts, from their wallet to other users’ wallet anywhere in the world, carry out airtime top-up, withdraw money, pay bills, make savings, share sponsored ads-to all users and chat with friends and in groups of up to 1000 members instantly,” Namanya said.
Mr. Namanya explains that with a vision and mission to connect the world through financial technology, the focus now is that mobile phone and social media users must do more than chatting but also have access to different financial liberating services like savings and earning through targeted advertising.
“We want to make communication and money transfers easy and affordable as compared to prevailing financial solutions mainly provided by commercial banks and telecoms. The Cash Chat mobile app gives you that advantage to access all services in one stopover without moving away from where you are as social media users and consumers. It gives you a privilege to access different services and still remain in the Chat,’’ Mr. Namanya noted.
Mr. Kenneth Kimuli also known as Pablo, a Ugandan celebrated comedian, who is the Cash Chat mobile app brand ambassador, explained at the press conference that Bold Cashers is planting two trees with one seed.
“If you have noticed, people today literally move with their phones in their palms; this means that mobile phones are driving people’s lives. And at Bold Cashers we thought of how we can help them live a productive life instead of them talking about everything and saying nothing,” Mr. Kimuli noted.
“On Cash Chat, you can chat and still make money and as you know, online business is the way to go. Cash Chat helps when it comes to online business in terms of shopping and saving. The plus is you can multitask – you can run your business on your app and socialize,” he added.
Bold Cashers Limited, the parent company of Cash Chat mobile app, is well aware of the cyber security concerns and why protection of people’s data is a serious issue in the fintech business and has therefore put in place strong security measures to guarantee safety of customer data, money and privacy.
“The safety of our customer data and privacy is paramount. We have put in place all security measures required for this type of business and we have been approved and certified by National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U). We have the greatest certification on PCI SSC (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council), a technology that ensures users security and safety of data worldwide,” Namanya said.
About Cash Chat
Cash Chat is a worldwide Social Media and financial technology app that enables and gives users ability to chat, talk and earn to have financial freedom in the same platform. It helps businesses, companies and individuals to have targeted Ads on Statuses where users post their status.
About PesaMoni Limited
PesaMoni Limited, founded by Asher Namanya Asanasio (CEO), Andrew Angulo (CTO) Susan Gimono (Corporate Business), was incorporated as a company under the laws of Uganda and Kenya in 2016. From then, the company has been innovating and continues to innovate demand driven technology solution that address the needs of digital communities.
PesaMoni is a global financial technology platform that facilitates payments, enables money transfers from wallet to wallet, mobile and bank. The company’s main goal is to replace mobile money platform and be the best option for consumer money Transfer Company all over the world.
PesaMoni has operations in both Uganda and Kenya.
We will are currently reviewing the Cash Chat app and we shall share our experience with the app.
