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operator details of specific mobile phone numbers.
• FX rates: Provides details of a mobile operator's ex-
change rate for airtime recharges, which is helpful
for cross-border digital payments, airtime remit-
tances, international top-ups, customer rewards
and discounts.
• Discounts: Provides discounts and percentages
applied by a mobile operator for a specific airtime
eloadly, an airtime aggregator, launched a suite recharge. This ensures enterprises receive the best
of software developer services designed to help value when making top-ups across various opera-
businesses extend digital capabilities and reach. tors.
R The new SDKs, APIs and developer services • Promotions: Provides specific details pertaining
complement Reloadly's global network of more than 50 to ongoing promotions by operators that provide
telcos and 750 mobile operators, helping businesses of all top-up services, such as special airtime and bundle
sizes improve and accelerate mobile payments, top-ups offers, to mobile numbers across various regions.
and transfers of digital goods and services, according to
company representatives. • Top-ups: Works with other features in the airtime
product when recharging a mobile number, in-
Michel Francis, co-founder and chief executive officer cluding instant airtime recharges to local and in-
at Reloadly, described Reloadly's technology stack ternational mobile numbers and asynchronous re-
enhancements as "simple open APIs and developer tools charges related to transaction monitoring, statuses,
that better enable companies and developers around the alerts and notifications.
world to connect with their telcos." • Airtime transactions: Serves as a ledger that pro-
vides information on every top-up carried out on
Francis recalled that after working with legacy mobile an account. Every transaction has a serial ID for
credit companies for more than a decade, he and co- each transaction by user account and a transaction
founder, Emmanuel Piard, created Reloadly to remove ID assigned by an operator where a top-up was
friction and improve the overall mobile airtime experience. made.
In addition to simplifying mobile airtime top-ups, Reloadly
offers developers a dedicated, cloud-based platform with Developers can use these features to embed airtime,
sandbox, widgets, SDK and free mobile and web APIs data bundles, gift cards and mobile money capabilities
designed to simplify integrations with numerous vertical into their applications, Francis noted, adding that these
applications, he noted. services require no contracts or commitments and include
multilingual support. Reloadly's platform is designed to
Readymade infrastructure help developers build a variety of applications and use
Reloadly channel partners—from startups to Amazon, cases, including open-source airtime solutions, top-ups,
Apple, Google Play and other leading brands—can connect ecommerce payment methods, cryptocurrency, and digital
with leading telco brands through a single platform, which wallet solutions across numerous languages, industries
enables developers to send notifications and digital goods and currencies.
to mobile phones worldwide, Francis pointed out.
"There's still a huge digital divide that exists for many people
By providing infrastructure for connecting to the mobile in the world," Francis said. "Reloadly can help bridge that
digital economy, Reloadly facilitates mobile airtime divide by better enabling merchants and brands to accept
payments in over 140 countries, supporting a variety of mobile payments instead of solely relying on cash."
cases, including airtime remittances and gifting, SaaS
offerings, transaction histories and data, promotions and
discounts, Francis stated. Following are additional features Company: Reloadly
he mentioned:
• Countries: Provides details on over 140 airtime Product: Data Top-Up API
top-up locales. Website: www.reloadly.com
• Operators: Provides insights on over 700 mobile Contact: support@reloadly.com
operators in different regions that support inter-
national or airtime recharging and detects mobile

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