Stanbic holds trolley dash to raise card use popularity

December 15, 2017 in Business, Companies by Editor

December 15—Stanbic Bank Uganda (SBU) has held a trolley dash for three lucky frequent Visa and MasterCard users in the ‘Merry Madness’ promotion to encourage use of credit an debit cards.

The first three lucky customers, Gad Rogers Tusiime, Tezire Ayugi and Christopher Ssekandi were given 60 seconds to load whatever items took their fancy at Quality Supermarket Naalya.

“Digital banking provides options like using your bank card to make payments. It provides customers with diverse solutions that simplify making payments while putting customers in control of their overall financial undertakings. Stanbic appreciates this new reality which is why we have invested so heavily in developing the latest digital banking platforms and promoting their usage,” Shem Kakembo,  the Head of Personal Markets at SBU said during the event.

To participate, all one has to do is to make transactions of up to UGX 50,000 or more using Visa or MasterCard at participating outlets and you instantly get a voucher ranging from UGX 10,000 to UGX 60,000.  Take the voucher selfie (or a pic of the Visa receipt) post it on the Stanbic Facebook or Twitter pages and get into the draw to win a supermarket trolley dash. However, all participants have to like the Stanbic Bank Facebook page (@Stanbicug) and or follow on Twitter #MerryMadness.

The participating outlets by category are restaurants including Café Javas, The Bistro, The Lawns, Piato Restaurant, KFC, and Karveli. The supermarkets are Game Lugogo, Quality Supermarket, Capital Shoppers, Embassy, Jazz, TMT, Risco Kids and Masters. The fuel stations include Total Bonjour and City Oil while entertainment spots are Dinners Lounge, Riders, Nexus and Alchemist Kampala.

Kakembo said, “This is the very first of three trolley dashes. The promotion is throughout December and the competition to enter the trolley dash is running until 31^st of December 2017 when we will announce the last winners of the Trolley Dash Grand Prizes. It is meant to reward and encourage our clients to use digital channels, because they offer a fast, convenient and safe transacting especially in periods like these where carrying large amounts of cash can be risky.”