{"id":622,"date":"2021-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/african-sme-sector-gets-boost-through-digitalization-of-payments\/"},"modified":"2021-02-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T00:00:00","slug":"african-sme-sector-gets-boost-through-digitalization-of-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/african-sme-sector-gets-boost-through-digitalization-of-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRICAN SME SECTOR GETS BOOST THROUGH DIGITALIZATION OF PAYMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seeking to elevate the digitalisation of\u00a0African\u00a0payments, tech specialists,\u00a0Interswitch Group<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>has rolled out\u00a0Quickteller<\/strong>\u00a0Business<\/strong>, a new comprehensive corporate solution focused on empowering businesses of all sizes to facilitate payments and manage transactions.<\/p>\n

The platform seeks to allow companies to provide a global opportunity for firms to engage in the market globally.<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s expansive SME sector has contributed as much as 48 per cent to national GDP, on average, in the last five years \u2013 according to a PwC survey \u2013 and accounts for about 50 per cent of industrial jobs and almost 90 per cent of activities in the manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n

Akeem<\/strong>\u00a0Lawal<\/strong>, Divisional Chief Executive Officer, Payments Processing at Interswitch Group, commented on the platform: \u201cThe SME sector is a potential game-changer for economic growth and development in Africa. Interswitch has been at the forefront of digital payment innovation across the continent, enabling individuals, businesses, and governments to transact more efficiently over the last 17 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe evolution of our payment and ecommerce offerings into Quickteller Business represents a significant long-term shift in both our business and merchant operating model. Through the integrated platform, SMEs, financial services agents, and large corporate, can better navigate the challenges around payments collections, allowing them to focus on their core business, with their diverse transaction needs taken care of through the versatility of the new Quickteller Business offering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawal continued: \u201cThe platform offers a comprehensive, integrated, payment solution that allows businesses to receive and track payments, generate e-invoices, as well as dispute management. It is an innovative and exciting payment solution that will benefit all business owners. Through this new offering, we are continuing our mission to make payments a seamless part of our everyday lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The digitalization of African payments follows the global trend of accelerating digital transactions as the need to combat the pandemic and halt the spread of the virus has increased<\/p>\n

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