Ecobank Group Reaches Another Milestone in Financial Inclusion in Africa

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The Ecobank Group and Semoa a Fintech-based in Lome are enabling mobile money users in Togo to carry out banking faster and easier, across West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) through a new digital banking service via Whatsapp called “Express cash by Semoa”.

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The Ecobank Group, whose network covers 35 countries across Africa, is the first bank to integrate this type of service at its ATMs and Express Point Agency locations. Customers simply send a Whatsapp message – which means the service is available 24/7 – to Semoa’s BOT called Dede to request for tokens for withdrawals, payment of bills or money transfer to friends and relatives in Togo and across the WAEMU region.

Semoa’s development of the API – the application programming interface which allows apps to talk to each other – is creating the next generation digital customer experience and further validating the Ecobank Group as one of the innovative leaders of Open Banking in Africa. By leveraging this technology, the Ecobank Group is providing a bridge between the digital and cash economy. This allows unbanked merchants and traders to accept and make payments digitally thereby accelerating financial inclusion.

Edem Adjamagbo, CEO and founder of SEMOA during the launch of this new innovative service said: “Xpress Cash by SEMOA- whereby Ecobank enables its cutting-edge infrastructure with SEMOA’s secured online services, is the perfect example of a true partnership in financial innovation with the potential to change the lives of many in West Africa. Indeed, the fact that people with no bank accounts, or credit cards, can now cash out their mobile money directly out of Ecobank ATMs and Xpress Points throughout the WAEMU region is a game changer that will help foster financial inclusion”.

Djiba Diallo, the Ecobank Group’s Senior fintech adviser said: ‘As digital banking becomes increasingly important, the Ecobank Group is joining the growing number of banks, card companies and payment service providers around the world using developers like Semoa, one of the most prominent fintechs in Africa, to enhance customer experience. Made more accessible by Open Banking, which provides secure access to the Bank’s data, fintechs develop systems which issue commands via APIs to third parties, creating a seamless service for customers to perform their transactions and track their finances in one place.’

The success of the new wallet service is made possible by Semoa’s ability to test connectivity, authentication, and authorisation of customers’ transactions before the new service went live through Ecobank’s Sandbox. Furthermore, the income generated by the service is being split equally between the Ecobank and Semoa, creating great business opportunities for other fintechs. As a result, the Ecobank Group is encouraging other financial technology companies to access its Sandbox API to develop more innovative and smarter services.

Register for Sandbox access on the Ecobank Group’s API website at https://bit.ly/3AEkyov.

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