Getting paid for your services is one of the hardest things about conducting business online from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, and other regions of Africa. This is because popular payment programmes like Transfer Wise, PayPal, and others have placed several limitations on any transactions involving users in these places.
We found an alternate platform called Payoneer. Payoneer can assist professionals, business owners, and independent contractors in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, and worldwide. Online financial services provider Payoneer offers simple online money transfers to your bank account from any location in the globe. They also take money for online shopping services.
This post will cover the requirements for opening a Payoneer account as well as how professionals, freelancers, and business owners in Nigeria can open Payoneer accounts.
How To Create A Nigerian Payoneer Free Account
Here’s how to open a Payoneer account for free, from anywhere in the globe, including Nigeria:
- Go to the Payoneer website and click Sign Up
- Complete the online application.
- Kindly let us know what email address you use.
- To validate your freshly created profile, use the email address you registered with.
Best wishes! We’ve setup your first Payoneer account.
How to Use Payoneer to Send and Receive Money
The next step is to begin sending and receiving money to and from your clients after creating your Payoneer account.
This is a detailed guide on how to use Payoneer for both sending and receiving money.
How to use Payoneer to send money
- Open your Payoneer account and log in.
- Click Pay and choose “Make a Payment.”
- Decide on a payment option.
- Select the recipient’s bank account or Payoneer account to send the funds to.
- Click “Make Payment.”
How to use Payoneer to Receive Money
Here’s how to get money into your Payoneer account using two different techniques, step-by-step instructions provided.
Email Address
We call this approach peer-to-peer. In other words, only two Payoneer users may utilise it.
The sender will attempt to send money from their own Payoneer account if you provide them with your Payoneer email address.
Request Payment
- Open your Payoneer account and log in. Tap Receive
- Click. Request Payment
- Please enter the sender’s information.
- Submit
How Nigerians can obtain a free Payoneer card
You can link any currency balance in your Payoneer account to a real or virtual debit card called a Payoneer card. Anywhere Mastercard is accepted, including ATMs, retail locations, and online, you can use this card. They are accepted everywhere and function just like regular ATM cards.
For example, all you have to do is use your Payoneer card to withdraw and spend cash if you have some money in one of your Payoneer accounts and you want to use it right away.
Note: To be eligible, you must have received at least $100 in payments to your Payoneer account during the previous six months, excluding funds from e-wallets like Paypal or Skrill.
Here’s how to apply for a Payoneer MasterCard or Visa card, step-by-step instructions provided:
- Open your Payoneer account and log in.
- Select Settings.
- Select the Payoneer Cards Purchase Card.
This is delivered to your registered address and takes two to five business days to process.
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