Interswitch

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Interswitch
TypePublic
IndustryFintech
Founded2002
Headquarters, Lagos State, Nigeria
Key people
Mitchell Elegbe (Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer)[1]
Websitewww.interswitchgroup.com

Interswitch is a local Nigeria financial services company headquartered in Lagos. Founded in 2002, as an Africa-focused integrated airtime vendor, that transferred into digital payment company, acclaimed under Mitchell Elegbe, its founder.

History[]

The Interswitch company was founded in 2002 by Mitchell Elegbe, it continued as an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company.[2]

In 2010 two thirds of the company was sold to a consortium led by Helios Investment Partners.[3][1] In 2011 Interswitch took a 60 per cent stake in Bankom in Uganda.[1]

In 2013 Interswitch entered into an agreement for payment processing with Discover Financial Services.[4]

In September 2014 the company acquired a majority shareholding in Paynet Group, an East-African payments provider.[5]

In 2015 Interswitch launched a $10m investment fund for African start-ups in the payments sector.[6]

In February 2018, Interswitch unveiled its SPAK National Science Competition to promote and reward excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Nigeria.[7]

Operations and subsidiaries[]

The Interswitch company was established as, common African financial services provider and maintains exclusively, a wide array of interconnected datacenters in Africa.[8] The company has over 11,000 ATMs on its network, with more users in Nigeria than anywhere else.[3]

Verve, a payment card industry is another subsidiary of Interswitch.[8] Verve has also been launched in Kenya.[9]

Interswitch also owns Quickteller, originally cited as a Telecommunication airtime vendor, additionally, providing payments services.

Interswitch systems deploys sophisticated inter-networking security and firewalls, as common brand innovation. [10][11][12]

In October 2020, Quickteller launched the Qtrybe community, a community of 50 exceptional students from Nigerian tertiary institutions to serve as ambassadors of Quickteller and Interswitch on their campuses.[13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c News, Bloomberg (28 January 2022). "Nigeria's Interswitch Plans African Buys After Uganda Deal". Bloomberg. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ^ New, Bloomberg (28 January 2022). "Mitchell Elegbe CEO/Founder, Interswitch Ltd". Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Idem, Charles (November 2013). "Spreading tentacles across Africa" (PDF). Forbes Africa. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Yours To Discover: How Discover Financial Services Is A Direct Play On The U.S. Recovery". Seeking Alpha. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. ^ Akingbolu, Raheem (22 September 2014). "Interswitch Enters Partnership with Paynet Group". This Day. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  6. ^ "E-payment: Interswitch Nigeria launches a specialized investment fund". Jeune Afrique. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Interswitch unveils SPAK initiative to boost sciences". 22 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  8. ^ a b Rice, Xan (18 August 2013). "Boom in plastic money as Nigeria spends, spends, spends". Financial Times. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  9. ^ Aglionby, John (27 October 2015). "New payments service to launch in Kenya". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  10. ^ Rice, Xan (15 December 2013). "Nigeria embraces cashless revolution". Financial Times. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  11. ^ Akingbolu, Raheem (13 November 2014). "Retailpay as a New Positioning Tool for Interswitch". This Day. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  12. ^ Akingbolu, Raheem (15 January 2014). "Interswitch Smartgov to boost Cross River's revenue". This Day. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  13. ^ "You could get paid by Quickteller to be an influencer on your campus: Here is the gist". Pulse Nigeria. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  14. ^ "Quickteller Student Ambassador Program for Nigerian Undergraduates". Ace world Pub. 14 December 2020.
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