CatholicPay - Digital Payments 1.4.49

CatholicPay is a comprehensive digital payment platform tailored to deliver secure, seamless, and efficient financial services to individuals, businesses, Catholic churches, groups, and organizations. It functions similarly to a traditional online banking application, allowing users to receive funds and transfer money to any Nigerian bank account. The platform also offers features for saving funds, purchasing affordable data plans—such as 10GB for 30 days at approximately N1,794—buying airtime at discounts of up to 7%, paying electricity bills, and renewing subscriptions for DSTV, GoTV, and Startimes.

One notable feature is the ScanToPay function, which facilitates quick payments within parishes or directly to any Catholic church across Nigeria by simply scanning a QR code. This enhances transaction speed and convenience for both parishioners and church administrators.

CatholicPay’s mission emphasizes providing a secure and user-friendly means for individuals to make payments to Catholic churches, groups, or businesses—addressing common challenges such as transaction failures due to poor network connectivity, verification issues, transaction reporting difficulties, currency redesigns, cashless policies, and reduced cash inflow.

Parishioners can rely on CatholicPay for consistent and straightforward methods of contributing toward offertories, tithes, thanksgiving offerings, harvest festivals, projects, and other church-related expenses. It also supports group payments for monthly dues and levies within organizations and enables contributions to Catholic schools, hospitals, and various business establishments nationwide.

The platform features the PVoucher GiftCard system—allowing users to purchase parish vouchers of any denomination through vendors or sales points—which can be redeemed within the parish for a variety of payments including offertory, tithes, sacramental contributions, grocery shopping, and participation in parish activities. This system alleviates the limitations associated with cash transactions and caters to users preferring offline or device-free methods of giving.

Another innovative feature is PayParish, which facilitates direct transfers or automatic recurring payments—daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly—to any parish in Nigeria. Users can locate parishes using names, acronyms, or geographic searches for convenient contributions.

The PayGroup feature enables users to make payments towards various groups within their parish or across Nigeria—including organizations like CYON, CMO, CWO, KSM, KSJ—and settle dues or levies efficiently using search options by name, acronym, or location.

Additionally, the PayChannel functionality allows Catholic establishments such as sacramental shops, grocery stores within parishes, Catholic educational institutions like Veritas University Abuja and Madonna University, hospitals like Daughters of Charity Abuja, Radio Maria broadcasts, private ministries—including other Catholic entities—to receive electronic payments from users nationwide through direct transfers or automated recurring transactions. These establishments can also be located via names or geographic identifiers within the app.