By Henry Kargbo
Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce company has deepened its expansion beyond the shore of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has held its first breakfast session in Sierra Leone, Wednesday 30th November 2022 at the Sierra Palms Hotel, Aberdeen Freetown. The company’s arrival in the country is aimed focusing on boosting the continent’s digital payments ecosystem, through engagement with key stakeholders and partners in the financial sector.
The session tagged “Acceleration Growth and Profitability” leveraging Technology to win” providing key insights and explored robust opportunities for businesses in Sierra Leone.
At the session, topical issues were discussed and attendees were introduced to a variety of innovative products and proffered solutions targeting commercial banks, microfinance organizations, banks, Fintechs and other financial institutions.
Speaking at the session OlubunmiAina Group Head of Sales Payment Processing and Switching Interswitch Purepay said that businesses in Sierra Leone are set to enjoy seamless business operations, especially as pertaining to payment.
At Interswitch, our objective is to deliver an Africa where payments area seamless and invisible part of everyday life, and have carried this vision with us for the past 20 years, adding that Interswitch is committed to the advancement and penetration of digital payments in Africa as a whole, he said, and continued to create innovation solutions that enable individual and communities to prosper across the continent, as today, we are in Sierra Leone market to provide customers and businesses with secure and convenient digital payments products and to enhance customer experience” he assured.
He said participants were boarded onto the company’s products, including Position Retail Payment Interswitch Banking as a service Interswitch Payment as a service Agency Banking and Card and Fusion.
‘These products and solutions will allow customers such as financial institutions, banks fintches and microfinance banks to offer topnotch digital payments solutions to our customers.
He assured that with these products, businesses will enjoy enhancement opportunities and better customers’ experiences and that financial institutions will be able to rapidly integrate with newer payment channels with intuitive technology.
‘It is no longer news that deepened penetration of digital payment is helping to boast Africa’s economy. We are not resting on ours oars, but will continue to innovate solutions to further elevate Africa’s payments landscape as a whole,’ he assured.
The event ended on a high note as select customers were rewarded for their unwavering support of the company.
