As part of the Lagos State Government’s strategic vision to embrace a digital future through the adoption of innovative technology and processes across all spheres of governance and public-sector service delivery, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Lagos State Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode announced on Monday, February 19 that effective from the 1st of March 2018, the […]
Tag Archives: Interswitch
22
Nov
Nov
Interswitch, the leading Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kenneth Olisa OBE, FRSA, FBCS, as its new Chairman, succeeding Adedotun Sulaiman, MFR. This appointment follows the recent minority investment by TA Associates in Interswitch in March of this year, a landmark transaction being TA’s first ever investment […]
Blog, News
INTERSWITCH PARTNERS WITH BANKS AND CREDIT PROVIDERS TO ROLL OUT LENDING PLATFORM FOR NANO LOANS
09
Oct
Oct
…Sets course with multi-channel low-level retail lending without collateral as the next promising frontier in financial inclusion drive Historically in Nigeria, there have been long-standing gaps in availability of credit or loans to individuals and businesses within underserved demographics of the Nigerian population. These people have experienced difficulties in accessing unsecured, short-term micro-loans from financial […]
02
Oct
Oct
Nigerian lifestyle payment brand, Verve International, on Saturday, September 30th 2017, successfully hosted healthy living enthusiasts to the maiden edition of is fitness/health event – The Verve Life. The Verve life is a fitness, fun, healthy food and living event designed to leverage the passion of Nigerians for fitness, bringing together enthusiasts to work out […]
Blog, News
Interswitch Hosts Over 2000 Tech/Payment Stakeholders At 1st of Its Kind Conference – Interswitch Connect
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Sep
Sep
Recent statistics published by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), highlight a greater diffusion of Internet technology in Nigeria, signified by a sharp increase in the use of mobile, which has risen to 91.6 million in 2016. The report also stated that Nigeria’s internet penetration percentage now stands at 51%. The foregoing outlook presents an auspicious landscape for […]
Blog, News
Brett King, John Chaplin, Iyin Aboyeji, Shola Akinlade, others Set To Speak at #InterswitchConnect
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Aug
Aug
Come September 14th and 15th 2017, Landmark event centre Lagos will be bustling with the crème of the crop of Africa’s tech/payment ecosystem for the maiden edition of Interswitch Connect. Themed “Digital Transformation Imperatives: Innovative Evolution or Disruptive Innovation”, the 2 day conference organized by Interswitch, promises to be tech/payment event of the year with a lectures and keynote speeches from […]
04
Jul
Jul
Following the strategic partnership earlier sealed between Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated payments and transaction switching company and EVSL, developers of FuelVoucher (fuelvoucher.com.ng) in 2015, the distribution network of the electronic fuel purchasing solution has been further broadened considerably in further partnership with 3 of the leading downstream oil marketing firms, OVH Energy Marketing, Forte Oil & RainOil in […]
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Interswitch and Fio Join Forces to Bring Automated, Mobile Malaria Detection to Millions of Nigerians
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Apr
Apr
Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated digital payments and commerce company, has unveiled a new agreement with Toronto-based Fio Corporation to ramp up distribution of the company’s healthcare technology services in Nigeria. Representatives from the two companies announced the news together during a joint press conference commemorating World Malaria Day and its theme for 2017: End Malaria […]
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Apr
Apr
Having recorded significant success over the years in the fintech space in Africa, Interswitch is set to provide 30,000 ePINs daily, for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates. This is to further extend its relevance to the public by paying attention to students with a view to providing a reliable platform where they can seamlessly obtain […]
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Cashless 2.0: The Second Coming of Cashless and the Rise of “Fintechs” by Akeem Lawal
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Mar
Mar
On the 21st of February this year, the Central Bank of Nigeria announced the re-introduction of the Cashless policy. The cashless policy of the CBN, first introduced in January 2012, is aimed at achieving three main objectives; First, the development and modernization of Nigeria’s payment systems to drive economic development, secondly providing more efficient transaction […]