One of Africa’s top integrated payments and digital commerce firms, Interswitch, has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to using its cutting-edge solutions to advance innovation and financial inclusion throughout the continent.
At the 2024 Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS), where Interswitch won the Excellence in Payments award and emerged as the Fintech of the Year, their commitment was acknowledged.
These honors recognize the company’s remarkable accomplishments in terms of market impact, product innovation, and contributions to the fintech ecosystem in Africa.
During a panel discussion titled “Open Banking, AI and Emerging Technologies in Financial Services Delivery,” which took place during the summit in Nairobi, Kenya, Peter Kawumi, Managing Director of Interswitch East Africa, highlighted these efforts.
Kawumi emphasized the value of Interswitch’s product line, which includes the well-known Verve Card, in improving cardholders’ access to financial services and providing them with easy payment options.
In order to address the challenges facing financial inclusion on the continent, he called for industry-wide collaboration and emphasized the company’s focus on increasing financial accessibility throughout Africa.
“Interswitch is fully committed to advancing financial inclusion throughout Africa,” he declared. Our line of seamless and customized products is essential to expanding financial services accessibility and revolutionizing the digital payment market.
Industry participants must embrace collaboration in order to meet the challenges of financial inclusion and build a strong financial ecosystem. They must also provide customers with innovative, seamless solutions.
Since its launch in 2018, the Africa Fintech Summit has developed into a premier event that brings together investors, innovators, and leaders in the industry to showcase the most recent developments in financial technology from all over the continent.
In the second panel discussion, “Focus on Kenya: The Digital Future of the Silicon Savannah,” Interswitch System’s Managing Director of Digital Infrastructure and Managed Services, Jonah Adams, provided details about the company’s contributions to Kenya’s fintech sector.
