EXPLAINER: OPay is not replacing phone numbers with standard account numbers:
The official said the claim may have been prompted by OPay’s My BizPayment feature ...
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OPay Official Rejects Claim About New Account NumbersAn anonymous OPay official said My BizPayment generates separate merchant account numbers for business transactions.
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- An OPay official called the circulating claim inaccurate and referred customers to official channels for any changes.
- Existing OPay users can use My BizPayment for business and receive a merchant account number after submitting business information.
- The merchant account number is linked to the existing OPay account and does not replace regular customers’ phone-number-based account details.
- There is no indication that ordinary customers should change existing details through OPay agents; My BizPayment is not a recent feature.
OPay is no longer using phone numbers as account numbers. They’re now issuing standard account numbers, so if you’re still using your phone number as your OPay account number, hurry to an OPay agent to get yours updated.— A claim circulating on social media attributed to X user Israel Gharee; he posted it on X (formerly Twitter).
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