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FinTech Association of Nigeria known as FintechNGR is a Nigeria based self-regulatory, nonprofit and non-partisan organization focused on accelerating the growth of financial technology, facilitate investments and create enabling financial technological environment for innovation in Nigeria. [1]
Interswitch is a leading African integrated payments and digital commerce platform company headquartered in Lagos.Founded in 2002 in Nigeria, as a transaction switching and processing company with national focus, Interswitch progressively evolved to incorporate consumer financial services with the successive launches of Quickteller, a retail payments ecosystem linking merchants and billers ...
"Fintech", a clipped compound of "financial technology", refers to the application of innovative technologies to products and services in the financial industry.This broad term encompasses a wide array of technological advancements in financial services, including mobile banking, online lending platforms, digital payment systems, robo-advisors, and blockchain-based applications such as ...
Open banking in Nigeria was kickstarted by the Open Banking Nigeria as an initiative to be non-partisan and non-financial API standards for Nigerian financial services. It was formed in June 2017 by a group of bankers and fintech experts who got together to propose the adoption of common API standards for the country. [13]
In 2022, Moniepoint was named One of the Most Promising Fintech Startups by CB Insights [13] and also won the Financial Inclusion Award. [14] In 2023, Moniepoint got listed by the Financial Times as the Second-Fastest Growing Company in Africa. [15] Also, it was awarded the Rising Star Family Business award organized by Business Day and PwC ...
Kuda, also known as Kuda Technologies Limited, is a Microfinance Bank and fintech company operating in Nigeria and the UK. It was founded by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha in 2019. [1] [2] [3] The company initially begun as Kudimoney, or "the bank of the free", an online-only savings and lending platform.
Opay Digital Services Limited commonly called Opay, and formerly Paycom Nigeria Limited, is a fintech mobile money operating company founded by Zhou Yahui and Djxbazz in 2013 with headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. [1] It is among the four major fintech companies in Nigeria: Moniepoint Inc., Kuda, and PalmPay. [2]
Olayinka David-West is the Associate Dean at Lagos Business School(LBS), Pan-Atlantic University in Lagos, Nigeria. [1] She is currently the program lead for the Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Financial Services (SIDFS) initiative, which is dedicated to conducting research, engaging stakeholders, and proposing policy amendments to enhance financial inclusion in Nigeria.