Equity unveils app in Mandarin for Chinese

Equity Bank’s services offered on its mobile banking app are now available in Chinese Mandarin. file photo | nmg

What you need to know:

  • The EazzyBanking app will now be available in Mandarin, allowing Chinese citizens working in the region to access banking services in their native language.
  • China has emerged as Kenya’s most important trade partner, financing local infrastructure works and supplying diverse consumer and capital goods.

Equity Bank #ticker:EQTY has introduced a Chinese language app for its customers, tapping the growing numbers of Chinese expatriates in the country.

The EazzyBanking app will now be available in Mandarin, allowing Chinese citizens working in the region to access banking services in their native language.

“All of Equity Bank’s services offered on its mobile banking app are now available in the most spoken dialect in the world, Chinese Mandarin,” the lender said in a statement.

“Users can download and/or upgrade the Chinese Mandarin-enabled EazzyBanking App on Google Play Store.”

To further cater to this client base, the bank has set up a fully-fledged Chinese desk.

Stanbic #ticker:CFC, National Bank of Kenya #ticker:NBK and Co-operative Bank #ticker:COOP also run such desks to serve Chinese customers whose ranks have grown on the back of increased trade between Nairobi and Beijing.

China has emerged as Kenya’s most important trade partner, financing local infrastructure works and supplying diverse consumer and capital goods.

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