Vodafone joins hands with Walmart

Vodafone India has inked a pact with Walmart India that would allow members of Walmart-owned Best Price stores to pay using M-Pesa mobile wallet services.

Vodafone M-Pesa would help enable safe, secure and convenient transactions, making it easier for Walmart members in Lucknow, Amravati, Aurangabad, Hyderabad, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada and Guntur to make faster payments.

Under this agreement when a Best Price store member based in any of these cities places an order, an M-Pesa agent enable cash-in into his M-Pesa account. This will allow the member to make payments from his cellphone for goods ordered from Walmart's Best Price Cash & Carry store.

Vodafone India's business head, M-Pesa Suresh Sethi said the company is "confident this association would go a long way in simplifying the payments process for Walmart India from the members, especially resellers based in secondary markets."

Rajneesh Kumar, VP and Head (Corporate Affairs) at Walmart India said the partnership "would benefit our members, especially kiranas/resellers, due to the convenience of payment along with efficient delivery of quality products at their doorstep."

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