PalmPay

PalmPay is Nigeria's leading digital bank, launched in 2019 with initial backing from China's Transsion Holdings. The company operates across Nigeria, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Uganda, and the Philippines, banking over 35 million registered users and serving approximately one million SME clients. PalmPay offers unlimited free bank transfers, high-yield savings accounts, credit products, bill payments, and a merchant payments network. Its device financing program has enabled 600,000+ first-time smartphone owners in Tanzania and Bangladesh to access digital banking. PalmPay is fully licensed as a Mobile Money Operator by the Central Bank of Nigeria, ISO-certified, and PCI DSS compliant. In 2025, PalmPay reported 15 million daily transactions and was listed among the world's top fintech firms by CNBC/Statista and ranked second on the FT's list of Africa's Fastest-Growing Companies.