Grrinngg!
\n“Hello”
\n“Have you transferred\u00a0the money?”
\n“No,\u00a0I am on the move. I will make the transfer once\u00a0I get to Lagos.”
\n“Ok, thanks”
\nI am sitting in a bus with 15 other people on the way from Abeokuta to Lagos with my “case logic”\u00a0 laptop bag on my laps. Contrary to my response,\u00a0I decided to see if\u00a0I can make the transfer on the move. We have left the town and my “EDGE” connection to my GSM network has become flaky, even disappearing for long stretches of the road. All the same,\u00a0I launched the mobile “bolt” browser (best mobile browser award from itayemi.com. Go Bolt!) and head over to my bank’s (gtbank.com) website. Clicked on the Internet banking link and the login page comes up. Due to how the page is constructed for security reasons,\u00a0I have never been able to login to it via other browsers (think Opera and BB browser). With the link going on and off as we moved along the highway,\u00a0I needed to have patience.
\nNavigated to the money transfer page, keyed in the required details, then the GSM link goes off again. I gave up and decided to do the transfer when\u00a0I get to lagos. On second thought, I decided to give it another shot because I always believe the best of technology (think love) and also because\u00a0I should have made the transfer like half a day ago.
\nResubmitted the details again and got the page requesting for a code from my tiny\u00a0GTB passkey generating dongle.
\nWhipped out\u00a0the dongle and generated a key which\u00a0I entered into the box on the page. Clicked the submit button and got the operation successful message from the page. Great. Navigated to transactions and saw that the transfer was listed there. Good.
\nGot the usual GTB SMS with the details of the transfer shortly afterwards. Edited it slightly and forwatded the message to the friend\u00a0I transferred the money to. Delivered.
\nTechnology. Cool when it works!
\nTravelling at\u00a0100km\/hr and I just moved money on the move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Grrinngg! “Hello” “Have you transferred\u00a0the money?” “No,\u00a0I am on the move. I will make the transfer once\u00a0I get to Lagos.” “Ok, thanks” I am sitting in a bus with 15 other people on the way from Abeokuta to Lagos with … Continue reading