Your monthly product roundup [September 2021]
Your monthly product roundup [September 2021]

Your monthly product roundup [September 2021]

After our big wins last month with expansions to Ghana and South Africa, we are back with more exciting updates and launches in September. Reinforcement in our Ugandan and UEMOA infrastructure are at the top of our list this month!

New markets and channels in our API

We are live in Uganda with Airtel!

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We are excited to announce the latest optimization of our infrastructure in Uganda with our new partnership with Airtel. Our coverage includes Airtel mobile wallet deposits (that currently controls 35% of Uganda’s mobile money market share), all accessible through our API.

Check out our UGX:Mobile API documentation

Expanding bank deposit payouts to all UEMOA countries!

You can now use our API to pay out individuals and businesses via bank deposits to all UEMOA countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.

And that’s not all!

We have simplified our experience with fewer fields, and instant settlement and account validation sending to GT Bank accounts.

Check out our XOF:Bank API documentation

In case you missed it…

???????? We added South African business payments to our network, check out our ZAR:Bank API docs
???????? We now offer even stronger mobile money payouts in Ghana, check out our GHS:Mobile API docs
???????? We expanded our coverage in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali, check out our XOF:Bank API docs

That’s it for this month. Keep an eye out for our October update for more information on how we are simplifying your business’ cross-border payment with every update and expansion!

Put together by:
Arnau Giro, Head of Product- API, Nairobi
Akitobi Akitunde, Head of Product- Web, Lagos

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