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    Airtel Unveils Fintech Payment Service Bank, SmartCash PSB

    Femi AdeoyaBy Femi AdeoyaOctober 9, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Airtel Unveils Fintech Payment Service Bank, SmartCash PSB
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    Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, on Thursday unveiled its Fintech Payment Service Bank, SmartCash Payment Service Bank Limited (SmartCash PSB), and immediately commenced operations in Nigeria.

    Airtel Unveils Fintech Payment Service Bank, SmartCash PSB
    Airtel Unveils Fintech Payment Service Bank, SmartCash PSB

    Airtel launches Nigeria payment service bank unit SmartCash PSB

    The telecom giant claims services will initially be available at selected retail touchpoints, and operations will be expanded gradually across the country over the next few months.

    Segun Ogunsanya, chief executive officer, says: “I am very excited to announce our commencement of operations forfinancial services in Nigeria through SmartCash PSB. This is the beginning of our journey to revolutionise the financial services landscape in the country. To help further digitise the economy, and most importantly to help bank the unbanked by reaching the millions of Nigerians who do not currently have access to financial services by delivering current and savings accounts, payment and remittance services, debit and prepayment cards and more sophisticated services.”

    SmartCash PSB joins 9PSB, the payments subsidiary of telecom firm Etisalat, as the second telco-run PSB to launch in Africa’s largest economy, with Momo PSB (owned by MTN Nigeria) and Money Master PSB (owned by Globacom) expected to join the fray any moment soon.

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    For a start, services will be offered at certain retail touchpoints before operations will be extended to other parts of Nigeria over the next few months.

    “This is the beginning of our journey to revolutionise the financial services landscape in the country,” said Segun Ogunsanya, Airtel Africa’s chief.

    The move is “to help further digitise the economy, and most importantly to help bank the unbanked by reaching the millions of Nigerians who do not currently have access to financial services by delivering current and savings accounts, payment and remittance services, debit and prepayment cards and more sophisticated services,” Mr Ogunsanya added.

    Airtel Africa, listed in Lagos and London, announced receipt of full licence approval for the PSB unit from the Central Bank of Nigeria in April after years in the works.

    Its mobile money business on the continent already carries a valuation of $2.65 billion on a cash and debt free basis, and a separate listing of that operation is in the pipeline, with management envisaging its delivery in three years.

    The company, which operates in fourteen countries on the continent, is the African division of India’s second-largest telecom firm Bharti Airtel, founded by billionaire entrepreneur Sunil Mittal.

    For last year, Airtel Africa’s profit after tax leapt by more than four-fifths to $755 million after revenue hit $4.7 billion.

     

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    Mr Femi Adeoya is a Chartered Forensic Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He has over 20 years professional work experience in accounting, finance and business management processes. As an Accounting Software Expert, he has implemented and supervised accounting solution set up of over 50 small and medium businesses in Nigeria. As a passionate blogger, Mr Adeoya is an ardent writer and communicationist. He is the CEO of QUICK LOAN ARENA (quickloanarena.com), the number 1 loan apps review website in Nigeria. He is very passionate about the quick and instant loan industry in Nigeria and has written over 200 reviews on different loan apps and digital banks in Nigeria, USA, Canada and UK.

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