Scotiabank and Digicel together have won the 2011 Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award for Consumer Service Innovation for TchoTcho Mobile. Global Telecoms Business magazine is part of the Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC group, a leading international business-to-business media group focused primarily on the international finance sector.

The award was presented to Scotiabank and Digicel at the GTB Innovation Awards ceremony held last night in London, England. The awards are designed to celebrate collaboration between operators and vendors. The Consumer Service Innovation award recognizes the most innovative projects in the industry worldwide.

"Scotiabank is excited to be the recipient of this award and we're proud to partner with Digicel and YellowPepper to offer this innovative and affordable product to people in Haiti," said Luce Veilleux, Senior Vice-President, Retail Products, Scotiabank. "It's important to us to continue playing a positive role in Haiti's success by making financial services accessible, promoting financial inclusion and enabling businesses to grow and drive the successes of the Haitian economy just as we have since 1972."

Colm Delves, Group CEO of Digicel, said, "We believe TchoTcho Mobile will change the way people live and make transactions. With over 2.4 million subscribers, Digicel is uniquely placed to deliver mobile money services successfully. We are delighted to receive this award and certain that TchoTcho Mobile will fast become an essential part of people's lives in Haiti."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2659-haiti-technology-national-launch-of-the-service-tchotcho-mobile.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2080-haiti-telecommunications-digicel-first-operator-of-mobile-payment-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1208-haiti-technology-mobile-banking-services.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1726-haiti-telecommunications-the-mobile-money-service-in-operation-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/article-302-haiti-economie-10-millions-de-dollars-pour-trouver-une-solution.html (in french)

HL/ HaitiLibre