What are Card schemes? Card schemes play a crucial role in enabling users to carry out transactions using their debit, credit, or prepaid cards. For instance, when you use an ATM or make a purchase at a point-of-sale (PoS) terminal, the technology behind that transaction is provided by a card scheme. In Nigeria, there are…
Palmpay Palmpay is a digital-only bank that offers a range of banking services via its mobile banking application. PalmPay is a product of Transsnet Group, the joint venture between NetEase Group (NASDAQ: NTES) and Transsion Holdings Group. PalmPay offers financial services to meet the daily needs of many users across Africa; like top-up funds electronically, making transfers,…
Palmpay Palmpay is a digital-only bank that offers a range of banking services via its mobile banking application. PalmPay is a product of Transsnet Group, the joint venture between NetEase Group (NASDAQ: NTES) and Transsion Holdings Group. PalmPay offers financial services to meet the daily needs of many users across Africa; like top-up funds electronically, making transfers,…
Interswitch Interswitch is an integrated payments company with many solutions focused on improving African payments and commerce. Interswitch provides payment integrations, technical support, advisory support, and payment infrastructure to corporates and government agencies Interswitch was founded by Mitchell Elegbe in 2002 and has since pioneered a number of payment solutions that have carried payments in…
The stress of always going to the bank, doing paper works for just a little complaint, having to stand in a queue for long periods of hours, getting unpleasant customer care responses because they are all fed up, or even having to think of ways to bring certain documents on workdays has been reduced with…
Fintech The adoption of digital technology to finance has increasingly improved financial services delivery to businesses and households. It offers an easy-to-use, reliable and fast payment solution to customers regardless of location. As the world continually gravitates towards a global village, the need for more effective and efficient financial services becomes imperative. Businesses seek to…
Flutterwave Flutterwave’s vision is to make it easier for Africans to build global businesses that can make and accept any payment, anywhere from across Africa and around the world. Flutterwave, founded in 2016, boasts of a team of ex-bankers, entrepreneurs and engineers. Flutterwave Below are the features that make Flutterwave stand out as a payment…
Some intro Paystack is a technology company solving payments problems for ambitious businesses. Our mission is to help businesses in Africa become profitable, envied, and loved. The Paystack story This is the Paystack story as told through milestones Paystack was founded in 2015 by Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi, software developers and longtime friends, in…
This article is a comprehensive head to head review of two payment processors, Cashenvoy and Paystack. These has been so much buzz around paystack and its recent acquisition by stripe is a lot of validation to the capability of the startup in payment processing. However, Nigeria has a very innovation payment space that ensure that…
Introduction Piggyvest is an online saving and investment platform that helps users save money efficiently through its different tailored offerings such as target, safe lock etc. Started on the7th of January 2016, it offered only savings to its customers as Piggybank.ng. After 3 years, Piggybank.ng became Piggyvest and began offering direct investment opportunities to its…
