SA’s Standard Bank , Mastercard and Google create  online payment  solutions for SMEs

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·        Standard Bank, Mastercard and Google are coming together to help small and medium enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation and to move their business online

·        The Standard Bank believes that the online solution would  become more popular now by bringing in more small businesses, who would switch over to this medium increasingly

·        Through this collaboration, Standard Bank aims to help as many SMEs with tools and support to expand their digital capabilities and take their operations to the next level

Standard Bank, Mastercard and Google are coming together to help small and medium enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation and to move their business online.   The SMEs can get free access to the Standard Bank’s SimplyBlu, an all-in-one e-commerce solution powered by Mastercard Payment Gateway Services and free Google Ads to the value of R500.

The solution provided by these organizations will help SMEs in many ways. Though SimplyBlu  was launched in 2019,  as a plug-and-play e-commerce store builder, the Standard Bank believes that the online solution would  become more popular now by bringing in more small businesses, who would switch over to this medium increasingly.  The platform has been designed in such a way that users can set it up and start accepting payments in a matter of minutes.

Through this collaboration, Standard Bank aims to help as many SMEs with tools and support to expand their digital capabilities and take their operations to the next level. Google Ads can leverage digital marketing channels, which will help increase website visits to grow online sales, bookings or mailing list sign-ups; more phone calls and customer interest queries; as well as more in store visits. The digital platform enables small businesses to hunt for their clientele even from far -flung  geographies online and supplying  them expeditiously