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How to use a POS machine without your ATM card

By Unknown - Saturday, September 09, 2017

Imagine trying to pay for some groceries at the counter, in front of a long queue of busy shoppers who can’t wait to get the heck out of the crowded mall, it finally gets to your turn to have your goods checked and pay.

Just then you dip your right hand in your left pocket to ready your ATM card for when the attendant shoves the POS machine in your face. You checked the right-hand pocket, it’s not there too. Then the two back-pockets, and your empty wallet, the ATM card is not there.

Now the Attendant is pointing the ATM machine at you, asking you to slot it in, but there’s no ATM card. Your cart is full, the groceries have been checked and the only thing left is to pay and leave the mall after having stood in line for over 20 minutes.

It suddenly dawned on you, you had forgotten your ATM card at home, on the small centre table in the living room. You thought you picked it with the car keys before stepping out, but you didn’t. You look behind you, a long line of angry Nigerians waiting, some already giving you the “abeg do commot for there” look.

Finally, you manage to tell the attendant you forgot your card at home and won’t be able to pick the groceries. He gives you that look and shouts “NEXT!”

That’s exactly what happened to me. It has probably happened to you too. You think you have it all figured out, but embarrassing moments like this still happen.

After that day, I swore to never let that happen to me again and if I can, help other people so they don’t face such situations or even worse.

So now let me tell you exactly how to avoid situations like that. I’ll show you a simple way to carry out transactions on a POS machine without your ATM card.

In fact, all you need is your phone, even if it’s a “torch light” phone.

Let’s get to it.

To use a POS machine without your card, you need a Paycode.

So what’s a Paycode, you ask?

A Paycode is a 10 - 14 digit code that can be used to withdraw cash from an ATM or make payments on a POS. Paycode is generated by using your bank's USSD code or Mobile App. You can also generate the code using Verve eWallet via the Verve World website, App or USSD.

How does it work?

First you have to generate the code. And there are at least four ways (mentioned above) to do that depending on whichever is most convenient for you.

So let’s say you bank with UBA and want to generate a Paycode using UBA’s Paycode USSD, you simply dial *919*8*Amount# and send.

A code will be generated for you. Use that code to pay on the POS machine. Simply follow the prompt and enter the code, and the exact amount of your transaction will be deducted from your account. It’s that simple.

One thing though, Paycode can only be used on Paycode-enabled POS terminals only.

So what if you don’t use UBA? Not a problem. You can use any of the codes below depending on your bank:

GTBank *737*13*Amount#
UBA *919*8*Amount#
Fidelity Bank *770*8*Amount#
Wema Bank *945*8*Amount#
FCMB *322*214*8*Amount#
Heritage *322*030*8*Amount#

Better still, you can use the Verve World App, USSD or Verve World website.

And that’s it; the no-card-no-embarrassment way to carry out transactions on a POS terminal.

I know you’re itching to ask more questions, all of which have been answered already on Verve website. So don’t hesitate to visit the website to learn more. Visit www.myverveworld.com/paycodeusepaycode.com now.

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The Voice Nigeria Season 2 Contestant- Isaac Aloma officially releasing single soon (Watch Stage Performance)

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Anna Banner opens up, admits she still loves the singer, says 'My parents were disgusted at the sight of me when I got pregnant for Flavour'

By Unknown - Saturday, September 09, 2017

Former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and mother of one, Anna Banner, opened up about getting pregnant, having a baby and fighting for Flavour's love with another woman. Speaking to Punch about the moment she got pregnant, she said she was devastated and her parents couldn't bear to look at her for some time..

“I was demoralized. I was finished! I was frustrated! My parents were disgusted at my sight. It was my cross, so I had to carry it. I decided I was going to keep the baby even if I wasn’t married. It turned out to be the best decision I have made. I am not saying it is good to get pregnant at a young age and have a baby but whatever choices you make, you need to know there are consequences and you have to get ready to face the consequences. I was ready to face mine and I will not advise anybody to get pregnant at a young age. But if you get pregnant, abortion is not the next step.”

Speaking about how fell in love and got pregnant for Flavour, Anna said;

“I couldn’t have purposely got pregnant because I wanted to hook a star. I was already a star too. I wasn’t looking for fame; I was even running away from fame. But I got pregnant for somebody I really loved. It wasn’t planned. It was my mistake but I wouldn’t call my child a mistake. I was careless. But I thank God it happened with a man who I loved and who didn’t turn his back on me. When you love someone, it is hard to fall out. You cannot fall in love today and fall out of love tomorrow. Love is strong. Before you tell somebody you love him, you have to be sure. Flavour was the first man I fell in love with. I still love him as the beautiful soul he has and as the father of my child. I don’t know what the future holds but we are just taking things one step at a time.”

Dealing with Flavour's other baby mama, Sandra Okagbue, Anna said;

“Why should I be jealous? We are all humans but what will be will be. If you get jealous today, where will it lead you to? All I want is for my child to be happy.”

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The Lawyer Is Plus One- Dotun Thompson (Cute Moments)

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Hot Birthday: Happy Birthday To A Film Maker & Director- Tosin Falusi

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15-year-old Minnesota girl held 29 days, tied up and raped

By Unknown - Saturday, September 09, 2017

A 15-year-old Minnesota girl thought she was being of help to a friend's father but instead got kidnapped and was held captive for 29 days. During the period of her captivity, she was repeatedly raped, tied up with zip ties and locked in a closet.

The girl finally escaped and swam across a lake to safety, prosecutors said on Thursday in announcing charges against three men. Court documents detail instances in which the girl said she believed that the men were trying to kill her, including when she fought back as one of them tried to push her underwater in a bathtub, and another when a cord or rope was placed around her neck and she was forced to hang until she couldn't breathe.

Weeks into her captivity, police knocked on the door of the mobile home where she was being held to investigate a report of stolen property, but no one answered. After that, the men told the girl to get into a duffel bag, loaded her in the back of a truck, and moved her to an abandoned home in rural, western Minnesota.

She escaped from the home on Tuesday when the men left her alone for the first time in nearly a month as they went to get pizza. She knocked on nearby doors, then swam across part of a lake, losing her pants and shoes in the water, and flagged down a farmer for help and she was reunited with her family on the same day.

Three men were charged with multiple counts on Thursday. Thomas Barker, 32, of Carlos, Minnesota, and Steven Powers, 20, of Benson, were charged with kidnapping, criminal sexual conduct, and false imprisonment. Joshua Holby, 31, of Carlos was charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment.

According to the criminal complaint, Barker, who is the girl's friend's dad, kidnapped the girl from her home in Alexandria, about 214 kilometers northwest of Minneapolis, on Aug. 8 by tricking her into thinking he needed her to talk to his son, who was misbehaving. Since his son is her friend, she agreed to help, leaving her phone behind.

Prosecutors say Barker drove the girl to his mobile home in Carlos, about 9 miles away, restrained her and sexually assaulted her, brandishing a firearm and threatening to kill her. The girl told police that shortly after her abduction, Barker, who has cerebral palsy and is physically-impaired, put her in a bathtub while she was restrained with zip ties and she believes that he tried to drown her but she fought back.

In a second incident, the girl told police, she was put in a duffel bag that Holby and Barker put in the bathtub, but she stuck her head out of a hole in the bag. She told police that in another incident, a rope or cord was placed around her neck and she was required to stand on a bucket, the complaint said.

"She stated that Holby then forced her off of the bucket and she described a period in which she could not breathe," the complaint said. She said Powers also forced her to snort a line of "white powder."

The criminal complaint says Powers arrived at the home about two weeks into the girl's abduction and was told not to go into Barker's room when Barker and Holby left the residence. But Powers became curious, went into the bedroom and found the girl in the locked closet.

"Powers did not free (her), nor did he contact law enforcement," the complaint said.

The complaint says the girl had a television set and fan in the closet, and food and water were brought to her.

The farmer who found her told police he saw something moving in a field of tall grass about 300 yards away from him, then realized it was a female running toward him — wet and wearing no pants or shoes. When she got closer, the farmer recognized her as the girl pictured in missing-person fliers in the area. The girl said she needed the cops "now" and he called 911 while she got into his truck and hid, the complaint said.

According to the complaint, Barker told police that he had used methamphetamine and alcohol, but he denied knowing the girl or picking her up. Barker also said that Powers had been with the girl, but that he had not and he declined to answer more questions, the complaint said.