N38,000 sent from palmpay to first bank account missing
Tolulope Olaoye, an Oyo State-based businesswoman, has told FIJ that a failed N38,000 trasfer from her PalmPay account to First Bank is negatively affecting her business. According to Tolulope, she initiated the transaction on Thursday, March 30, for the purchase of bulk recharge cards. She said she sold stationeries and educational materials but introduced recharge cards to take care of her daily needs, since stationeries and educational items have seasonal sales. “I buy the recharge cards in bulk and sell in bits,” she told FIJ. “That Thursday morning, I transferred the sum of N38,000 from my PalmPay account to a First Bank account owned by Bodlink Telecoms , a telecommunication service provider, for the purchase of bulk recharge cards. “On getting to Bodlink Telcoms’ retail outlet in Ojurin Akobo, where I ought to collect the cards, I was informed that the money had not been received.” Tolulope said that she left after waiting several hours hoping that the mo...