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MTN Auto Top Up provides you the convenience of topping up your mobile accounts or paying your airtime bills from deposits in your bank accounts.
You can either make an instant airtime top-up or set automated top-up at specific dates into your mobile account.
Benefits of MTN Auto Top-up Service
- Your airtime automatically gets topped up on the date you specify, thereby ensuring that you never run out of airtime.
- You avoid the inconvenience of looking for an agent to buy airtime from whenever you run out of airtime.
How to set up Instant Top Up
- Log on to your bank’s internet banking portal or visit www.mtnonline.com and select your bank from the list displayed.
- Select NIBSS eBillspay in the Bill Payment section
- Provide the mobile number, airtime amount you want topped up and other details required.
- Submit your request and in few minutes, the value of the airtime you want is topped-up instantly into the mobile number you provided.
- You will receive an SMS alert on successful transactions.
How to set up Auto Top Up on Specific Dates
- Log on to your bank’s internet banking portal or visit www.mtnonline.com to download the debit mandate form and submit at your bank branch for mandate set-up.
- When you log in from your internet banking portal, select NIBSS eBillspay in the Bill Payment section.
- Select CMMS from the list of menu displayed.
- Provide all relevant information including your top-up amount, frequency of top-up and submit.
- You will receive pre-notification alerts three days before your airtime is auto topped up and instant notification on every successful airtime top-up.
MTN Auto Top-Up is currently available at the following banks internet portals and branches.
- Diamond Bank
- Zenith Bank
- UBA
- Skye Bank
- FCMB
- Sterling bank
- UBA
HOW MTN AUTO TOP UP WORKS
Instant Auto Top Up: You can log on to your bank internet platform and perform a one-off recharge of your airtime from available deposits in your bank account. Simply enter the amount of airtime you want recharged and the money is debited from your account and the airtime value is credited to your phone. You will receive an SMS notification on every transaction.
STEPS:
1. Select this service from the list of merchants displayed on the bank self-service terminal.
2. Provide all required information including the customer’s bank name and account number.
3. Enter the amount to be debited from her/his bank account for the airtime top-up.
4. Agree to pay the service fee for using this service.
5. Provide the mobile number/hynet account that will be credited by MTN with the airtime.
6. Confirm that all information provided are valid and submit the request
Automated Airtime Credit: You can complete a direct debit mandate and set up an automatic recharge of your airtime on specific dates. the value of the airtime is deducted from deposits available in your bank account. For instance, you can set automatic recharge of N20, 000.00 every 25th day of the month. On the specified day, your bank account is automatically debited and the airtime value is credited to your phone.
STEPS:
1. Select your bank icon from the list of participating banks displayed on the website.
2. By selecting your bank icon, you will be automatically directed to your bank internet payment portal.
3. Provide your bank account details to log into your bank internet portal
4. Select eBillspay icon on the home menu of your bank internet payment portal.
5. Select CMMS portal on the eBillspay home page
6. Provide the mobile number, airtime amount you want topped up, frequency and other details required
7. Submit your request and within 48 hours you will receive confirmation that your debit mandate is set up.
8. You will also receive an email confirming that your direct debit mandate is successfully set-up.
9. On the specified date you selected for topping up your account, you will receive the value of the airtime credited into your phone.
TOP UP OPTIONS WHILE ABROAD
1. Virtual Airtime Top-Up With An ATM Card
Visit the QuickTeller website on http://mtn.quickteller.com
You will have to register as a new user or login as an existing user
Select the amount of airtime you want topped-up, provide your mobile number and proceed
Enter your Interswitch ATM Card details to pay for the airtime top-up and submit
The top-up amount is credited instantly into your mobile account and you will receive a confirmation SMS
2. MTN Global Airtime Top Up
Visit http://www.mtntopup.com to top-up your account using MTN Global Top Up
You will have to register as a new user or login as an existing user
Select your country from the menu, enter your MTN number and the amount to purchase, then submit.
Make payment for the airtime top-up using your PayPal, Master/Visa credit or debit card details.
The top-up amount is credited instantly into your mobile account and you will receive a confirmation SMS
3. Airtime Top Up From an ATM/POS Terminal
Ask your family or friend to top up your account from a local ATM/POS terminal.
S/he will select “Airtime Recharge” on the menu after inserting the ATM card
Enter your number as the recipient number, enter the amount to top-up and submit.
The amount is instantly credited into your mobile account and you will receive a confirmation SMS
4. Virtual Airtime Top Up from an MTN Outlet
Ask your family or friend to top up your account from a local MTN outlet or store nationwide.
S/he will visit the MTN outlet and request to do a virtual airtime top-up
S/he will provide your number as the recipient and pay for the amount to be topped up
The amount is instantly credited into your mobile account and you will receive a confirmation SMS
5. Share N Sell Transfer
Ask your family or friend to send you airtime from their MTN account
S/he can send airtime from N50.00 to N5,000.00 in a single transaction, and up to a maximum of N10,000.00 airtime daily
To use Share N Sell for the first time, s/he will change the default pin by sending an SMS with the default pin, i.e. `0000¿, `New Pin¿, `New Pin¿ to 777.
After successfully changing the pin, s/he will send an SMS with `Transfer, Recipient number, amount and new pin to 777. for example, text `Transfer 08031234567 5000 1234 to 777.
The amount will then be deducted from the owners account and credited as airtime into your mobile account. You will receive a confirmation SMS.