The Central Bank of Kenya has granted Cellulant, a digital payments company, a Payment Service Provider (PSP) authorization to operate in Kenya. The authorization will enable the company to expand its payments offering for businesses, banks, and consumers.
Since its inception in 2003, Cellulant has been offering innovative technical solutions delivered with a streamlined user experience. Over the last decade, the company has evolved in its payments solutions, from mobile banking services to offering a full-stack one-stop-shop payments platform for global, regional and local businesses.
The authorization permits Cellulant to continue enabling businesses to collect payments online and offline. This is in addition to allowing anyone to pay from their mobile wallet, local and international cards or directly from their bank. The company has partnerships with 45 of the largest mobile money operators and 210 banks across Africa and has a converged payments ecosystem that brings together a network of banks, businesses, mobile network operators and consumers.
“As the payments industry has evolved globally, we are fortunate that the Central Bank of Kenya has provided a regulatory framework and environment that has allowed companies such as Cellulant to operate while adhering to the highest standards in providing payment solutions to businesses and their users. This authorisation will enable us to continue serving our customers better with guaranteed secure and regulated conditions for us to facilitate payments,” said Faith Nkatha, Cellulant’s Country Manager in Kenya.
On his part, David Waithaka, Group Chief Revenue Officer at Cellulant said, “A connected payment network is integral to the prosperity of businesses in Kenya and Africa at large. Because of the industry’s fragmentation, most businesses are forced to integrate multiple payment providers simply to operate on a day-to-day basis. For Cellulant, simplifying the payment experience and providing merchant tools to manage all their payments frees businesses to focus on their growth and consequently create opportunities that accelerate growth for all.”