Nedbank hosts Market Day

‘MAKERESEMESE LETUKA

MASERU – Nedbank Lesotho hosted a market day as a one-stop-shop for vehicle finance, home and solar energy finance, cashless payments, eCommerce solutions, marketplace API needs and many more at the Maseru Mall last Saturday.

The event was aimed at taking banking services and products to the streets.

Under the category of housing there were construction, developers, building material suppliers and insurance, while under vehicle category were SUV 4×4, sedan, yellow plant, agriculture had tractors, trucks, trailers and buses.

Services provided on the day included account opening digital solutions and pocket point of sale (POS).

Pocket POS is solution in Lesotho that turns your smartphone or tablet into POS device using chip and PIN making customers pay conveniently, securely and swiftly. The Nedbank pocket POS is a solution tailored for businesses with a monthly turnover not exceeding M50 000. To unlock business growth potential with one tap, clients can now simply tap their cards on your NFC- capable device.

Mathabela Tšepe Asset based Finance and Home Loans manager said the reason behind the market day was to take banking out of its premises, outside to their clients and a touch and feel to the clients.

“We also wanted to raise awareness about our new and old services, we have just enhanced our vehicle finance, where we say there is a 0 deposit and 84 months to pay, where initially there were 60 months to pay.”

He went on to say that “as the green bank we are intentional on green energy in terms of sustainability. We also intend this market day an annual event and in other districts across the country.”

Walter Mboyi, Sales Executive from Garden City Motors in Bloemfontein, said they provide brand new and pre-owned vehicles like Mercedes Benz, Omoda and Jaecco. Since the beginning of the event they already had 10 potential clients and they are definitely going to attend next year’s Nedbank Market Day because there is good business potential.”

One of Nedbank’s business clients, Oceans Holiday Getaways, were delighted to receive a motor vehicle on the day, which was financed by the bank. She stated that this vehicle would instantly add value and competitiveness to their operations.