Glovo is a Spanish on-demand delivery platform that connects users with couriers to purchase, pick up, and deliver products from local stores, restaurants, supermarkets, and pharmacies. It's a logistics company that operates in many countries, including Nigeria. Here's the list of countries Glovo operates in. Its operations in multiple countries position it as a convenient service that saves time by bringing “anything” to the customer's doorstep.
Glovo has a mobile app, and through it, customers can order food, groceries, medicine, or almost any item and have it delivered quickly to their location without wasting time. The Glovo app is available on the app stores, and the app is required to register an account. However, the primary reason for this article is to highlight the different payment methods customers can use on the Glovo platform or upon delivery by a Glovo carrier.
According to a statement published on the company's website, "Glovo is currently operating with different payment methods depending on the country. You will see the methods available in your country when placing an order and will be able to choose from the drop-down menu. When card payments are enabled, we accept credit or debit cards, including Visa, Mastercard, or American Express. When cash payments are enabled, we only accept local currency."
This simply means Glovo offers customers multiple payment methods, and the payment options customers can choose depend on their countries. But generally, the platform accepts payment via credit and debit card from different card issuers. In addition to that, customers can choose to pay in cash upon delivery, and this amount is added to the rider's cash balance. For riders, Glovo manages a virtual wallet that tracks cash transactions, including payments to vendors and collections from customers.
Glovo Payment Methods for Customers
Here's the list of Glovo payment methods in all countries:
- Credit cards, debit cards, American Express, and the bank's ATM card.
- Dollar/Euro/Pound virtual cards.
- Cash-in-Hand (for Pay on Delivery).
- USSD and bank transfer payments via Paystack using the Glovo Paystack Link (available in Nigeria).
- Mobile money wallets, like MTN MoMo and M-PESA in Uganda.
- Customers use iPay with M-PESA paybill number 510800 and the courier’s ID as the account number for Glovo payments in Kenya.
Glovo Payment Methods for Couriers
Here are ways carriers can remit money to Glovo:
- Glovo couriers can remit cash using credit/debit cards.
- Glovo couriers can remit cash using the Zeepay payment platform, accepting MTN, Vodafone, or the Zeepay wallet itself.
- Couriers can also remit cash via bank transfer in Nigeria through a dedicated bank account in their virtual wallets.
- Couriers use Cellulant to deposit their cash balance by selecting the country and entering the courier ID, mobile money number, and amount in Uganda.
- Couriers use iPay/M-PESA to remit money to Glovo in Kenya.
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While remittance methods into Glovo vary per couriers' countries, the general methods are card payments and local bank transfers. Glovo provides a virtual wallet to individual couriers for tracking cash transactions, including payments to vendors and collections from customers.
