How to pay Facebook for ads in Pakistan

Facebook is a great platform to advertise your product, Services to the target audience from Pakistan, People really love Facebook advertising, because Facebook makes it easy to find the right people, capture their attention and get results.

As you might know that, more than 2.6 billion people use Facebook every month, and you can find the potential buyers concerned about your services or product online by advertising on Facebook. You can choose your audience based on demographics, behaviors or contact information

Method to pay Facebook for ads: -

You can pay to Facebook from Pakistan using credit cards or co-branded debit cards. Facebook also accepts payment through PayPal.

In past, it was easy to pay Facebook through your Debit Card provided by any of your bank, mostly all Debit Card works perfectly on Facebook, but now some debit cards are not working for online payments. Due to the cyber-attack on Bank Islami Pakistan in which they lost $6 million within 23 minutes in the last half of 2018. After that most of the bank cards stop working for online payments for security reasons. But you can use debit cards now to pay online after you get your internet session activated by calling your bank helpline.

But still many people face problem to pay Facebook for ads as now Facebook doesn’t accept many banks debit cards as the primary method to pay and if you don’t have primary method added in Facebook ads manager billing section you will not be able to run Facebook ads.

Now if we talk about how to solve this problem, first you can use a credit card of banks which support international transactions as Facebook accept credit cards.

Second, if you don’t have a credit card or don’t want to use it for any reason there is another solution to this problem. As in this case you can use a Virtual Prepaid Debit Card as some banks in Pakistan now provide a service of virtual card which is safe and easy to use and Facebook also, accept those as the primary method to pay.

What Are Virtual Prepaid Debit Cards:

If you have a bank account, it’s likely that you carry your debit/credit card with you wherever you go. And it’s important to mention that using your card online also carries a risk of your info getting stolen but with virtual prepaid cards, this problem will be solved.

As many people don’t know about Virtual Prepaid Debit cards so it’s better to explain it before we go to the list of banks offering it. These Virtual Debit cards are offered by banks so that they can be accepted globally. On signing up with this service, you have to go through a verification process. One can easily pass the verification process from a smartphone.

How Virtual Prepaid Debit Cards are Used:

It is very easy to use the virtual prepaid debit card as one can easily upload your money via the respective method of the bank. The method can be local bank transfer, wire transfer, Credit/Debit card, etc. Now, wait for the money being topped in your virtual card. After that, you can use your virtual prepaid card on any website and even for Facebook marketing.

Three Banks which offer Virtual Prepaid Debit Card in Pakistan:

1) UBL WIZ Virtual Card:

UBL has made online payments easier than before by launching UBL WIZ Virtual Card a few years back. UBL Wiz Cards were the first Debit Card that was introduced in Pakistan for Global usage across the world. These have been adopted by many people in Pakistan due to simplicity and less changeability. Initially, they were not fully functional on all websites as they UBL claims to provide more security.

How to Get UBL Wiz Virtual Prepaid Card

You need to have a UBL bank account to create a virtual prepaid card. To create a virtual prepaid card, you can:

-Log into UBL Net banking (you need to register yourself for it)

-Dial 111-825-888 and request a Wiz Virtual Prepaid Card

After your card is created, you will receive an SMS containing half information of your debit card (half card number and CVV pin) and an e-mail with the remaining information(another half part of the card number and it’s expiry date).

You will be charged Rs. 300+FED for creating a virtual prepaid card. If you make an international transaction, you will be charged 4% of your transaction in USD or PKR. If you use any other currency, you will not be charged the fee. Reloading the virtual card is free.

In case your payment is declined or rejected, you will be fined:

Rs. 5 on a local transaction.

Rs. 35 on an international transaction

For the latest information about this card, fee structure and bank policies visit here UBL WIZ Card

And I will recommend this to use as I personally use this card and it very secure and reliable. Also, it’s easy to get and use. But sometimes you will face problems with this like delay in activation, delay in receiving information, etc. In this case, you must contact UBL Customer care.

2) Faysal Bank’s Mobit Virtual Card:

Faysal Bank’s “Mobit Virtual Card” is a digital card that will allow secure e-commerce purchases to meet the upcoming online payment needs even if you do not have any credit or debit card.

Mobit Virtual Card is powered by MasterCard and works as a reloadable and/or a one-time usage stored-value card which can be instantly generated by Faysal Bank customers through Mobit’s Internet Banking and can be used at all local and international online merchants/websites.

Generate Your Virtual Card

Step #1: Login to your Faysal Digibank Internet Banking at https://digi.faysalbank.com/ or Mobile App.

Step #2: Click on the Virtual Card to choose your desired limit

Step #3: Generate and validate OTP to create Virtual Card

Step #4: Sit back, relax and shop online Upon card creation, your new Virtual Card’s details including the 16-digit card number, expiration date, and the card verification code will be visible on Internet Banking immediately. That’s all you need to shop online.

Upon card creation, your new Virtual Card’s details including the 16-digit card number, expiration date, and the card verification code will be visible on Internet Banking immediately. That’s all you need to shop online.

Simply enter your virtual card numbers, just as you would enter your real numbers.

And if you want to know more about this card please visit following link Faysal Bank Mobit Virtual card

To use the Mobit Virtual Card for making online purchases and payments, just select MasterCard as the payment type on the merchant website and simply enter your Virtual Card details.

3) Alfa Virtual Debit Card

With all the benefits of a physical debit card, Alfa Virtual Debit card combines flexibility and convenience to offer a new way to make all your online payments. Powered by MasterCard, Alfa Virtual Debit Card is a secure way to buy your favorite products or services on the internet while enjoying complete control over your money.

WHY USE ALFA VIRTUAL DEBIT CARD:

-Free with no hidden charges: The card is free for everyone with no annual fee

-Instant Generation: Without any hassle of filling out lengthy documentation, you can generate your Alfa Virtual Debit Card within minutes from Alfa

-No Activation Required: Alfa Virtual Debit Card does not require any activation. Just generate your card and start using it online

-Control over your Spending: Set your own daily transaction limit to avoid any overspending

-Secure Online Payments: Powered by MasterCard, all your transactions through Alfa Virtual Debit Card is 3D secure. This means that the cardholder will get a One Time Password (OTP) every time a transaction is attempted

HOW TO GET YOUR ALFA VIRTUAL DEBIT CARD:

Step 1: Download/Login Alfa and sign up for a new Alfa Current Wallet Account

Step 2: Click on Menu > My cards OR Click on Cards in ‘One Tap Launch’ Menu

Step 3: Click on Virtual Debit Card > Create Virtual Debit Card

Step 4: Choose Account as source > Enter Amount that needs to transfer to your wallet account > Set your maximum daily limit > Set the card expiry date

Step 5: Accept the terms and conditions and Proceed

Step 6: Enter the 4-digit OTAC received on your registered number & email and confirm

Start using your Alfa Virtual Debit Card instantly!

For the latest information about this card, fee structure and bank policies visit here Alfa Virtual Debit card  

These all can be used to pay Facebook and are very secure to use not online for Facebook but also for any online payment they almost support every online payment.

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