Bethel Anyebe Published Apr 26, 2025 Updated Jul 24, 2025
Introduction
Before you can buy data, airtime, or pay bills, you need to have funds in your wallet. The good news? Funding your RapidBills wallet is super easy, whether you're using the website or the mobile app. Funding Your wallet is the first purchase you make on the Rapidbills platform, It enables you to get RapidNaira in your wallet, so you can make purchases on our platform.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through the different funding methods and how to use them.
If you are not automatically redirected to the Dashboard, click on Dashboard, or My Account on the bottom left of the footer.
In your dashboard, you have two methods, the online method and the Bank transfer method.
The Bank Transfer Method:
This is a very convenient method that saves you the hassle of being redirected to our payment provider. All you need to do is transfer to your dedicated virtual account number. Here is how to go about it.
On your dashboard, click on “Get Virtual Account”, and a dedicated bank account number will be generated for you with your account name and bank name.
Transfer funds to this account number and it gets converted into RapidNaira on your wallet, i.e your wallet gets funded instantly.
The Online method:
This method is handled by our payment provider, Paystack, It is reliable and fast, so you have nothing to fear. This method is suitable if you like to pay with Opay, Kuda and other mobile banking providers.
On your dashboard, click on “Fund Wallet”.
A pop-up appears for you to enter the amount you wish to add to your wallet.
You are redirected to our payment partner, where you complete the transaction.
On completion, your Rapidbills wallet is automatically funded with the required RapidNaira.
N:B Both funding method attracts a 1.5% fee, charged by our payment provider.
Check Your Wallet Balance Once payment is successful, your new balance should reflect instantly.
Funding Your Wallet on the RapidBills Mobile App
Download the Rapidbills App from the Google Play Store.
Open the RapidBills App & Log In
Tap the “Wallet” tab, which is the second tab after Home.
Choose Funding Option (Bank transfer or Online Payment)
Bank Transfer (using your unique account number):
Just like on the website, you can also generate a unique virtual account number so you can always fund your wallet easily. Here is how;
Tap the “Get Virtual Acct.” button on the wallet screen, it automatically generates a virtual account number for you.
Copy the virtual account number
Paste in your preferred mobile banking app or send money through your preferred method to the account number.
Your wallet gets instantly credited with the equivalent of RapidNaira.
Online Payment
This method allows you to use our payment provider’s payment page, which further gives a rich array of payment options like OPay, Palmpay, Kuda, Bank transfer, USSD and more.
Tap on the “Add Fund” button on the wallet screen.
Enter the amount you wish to add
Choose your preferred payment method
N: B Both funding method attracts a 1.5% fee, charged by our payment provider.
Done! Wallet balance updates automatically once payment is successful.
Extra Tips
Unique Bank Account: You will be assigned a personal bank account if you generate it (e.g., Wema, Moniepoint). Always transfer only to your designated account number.
Minimum Funding Amount: (e.g., ₦50).
Charges: Funding your wallet attracts a 1.5% charge from the payment provider.
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