How much time per week do you spend paying bills? How many different apps do you use? And how many bank accounts and cards do you shuffle through for every bill?

What if there is an easier and more convenient way to do this on just one platform?

iRecharge is a first-of-its-kind bill payment platform that lets users pay frequent utility bills through the use of a unique and permanent NUBAN account number assigned to the utility.

With iRecharge you can pay bills smartly from the comfort of your home or on-the-go, directly into the utility bill’s assigned bank account number, at no extra cost.

Other bill payment platforms require you to enter your card details, fill forms and pay a convenience fee of N100 for every transaction. On iRecharge, all you have to do is to send money into the bank account of the specific utility and you get value for the money sent in the form of units or tokens and renewed cable TV subscriptions. The entire process takes less than 60 seconds.

 How to get a permanent bank account number for your utility

Step 1: Go here: https://www.irecharge.ng/retrieve-account 

Step 2: Select the service you want to get a bank account number for and enter its corresponding meter or smart card number.

Step 3: Enter your phone number and email address to receive notification details. Note that these notification details can be updated at any time.

And that’s it! You’ve got your utility’s permanent bank account number. Save it as a beneficiary on your banking platform or phone contact for future payments.

You can also use the USSD code *6606*1*# or reach out via WhatsApp to 090-9666-6612 to retrieve your own account number.

In the past, you’d have to step outside to sort a bill, but with the number of mobile internet users in Nigeria reaching over 101.7 million, people now want convenience at their fingertips.

iRecharge is dedicated to creating this ease and comfort by not only bringing service directly to your hands but also putting all your needs in one place. It aggregates TELCOs, DISCOs and other service providers to provide a simple and accessible way to pay recurring bills. 

Why Use iRecharge?

Convenience: By using iRecharge you can drastically reduce the number of steps and time spent paying bills on mobile apps or at physical points of sale. No more having to always find your meter details or smart card number to pay bills. Just send money into your designated utility’s bank account number and get your receipt and value in one quick and easy step.

With iRecharge the channels you can also use to make payment into your utility’s bank account number include: ATM machines, bank mobile apps or USSD, internet banking, bank deposit, and all POS agents.

Safety: Paying online, which is now the norm, often requires users to expose their card details to multiple platforms, which is quite unsafe. iRecharge has eliminated this problem by giving users permanent bank accounts to transfer into. Customers will no longer need to expose their card details online to make payments for services.

Cost: Save your ₦100 convenience fee by using iRecharge. 

With iRecharge’s ingenious and innovative solution, you get a faster and safer way to settle utility bills, at no extra cost.

Make your life easier today by visiting iRecharge to retrieve your electricity meter or cable tv decoder’s account number.

To find out more, click here and here.

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