Vincent Ogbunude

Verve International is a pan-African EMV payment scheme, a member of the Interswitch Group which is Africa’s leading integrated payment processing and digital commerce company. As an Africa-focused payment scheme, Verve provides Africa-tailored solution to a global problem of how to make e-payments, quick, affordable, reliable and above all to any and every one. This is why Verve has seen great uptake in countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia with a recent expansion to Zambia and Cameroon. Verve is the biggest and fastest growing pan-African payment scheme with over 80 Million payment tokens accepted across more than 20 African countries and issued across 7 countries and counting. Of the payment cards in circulation in Nigeria, more than 50 million are Verve, making Verve the biggest payment card Scheme in the country. Verve has assisted nations and financial institutions migrate from magnetic stripe cards to EMV compliant cards and also introduced various Innovative Value Added Services (VAS) ranging from contact and contactless card solutions, virtual and card-less solution, bill payments, loyalty and so much more. In 2013 Interswitch Group signed an agreement with Discover Financial Services to allow acceptance of Discover and Diners Club International (DCI) cards at Interswitch-enabled ATM and point-of-sale (PoS) terminals for purchases in Africa, and to enable Verve cardholders to have access to Discover, DCI and PULSE networks for international purchases and cash access in 185 countries including the US, China, Japan, Korea, Serbia and India