Nigeria’s fintech ecosystem has evolved significantly over the years. From a handful of players in the early 2000s to over 400 operating in more than 12 verticals today, Nigeria stands as a fintech innovation and development leader on the African continent.
A payment gateway enables businesses, governments, NGOs, charities, and others to receive payments from their websites or other digital touchpoints through cards, transfers, USSD, wallets, etc, for themselves or on behalf of their customers.
While there are a number of payment gateway providers in Nigeria, the 10 prominent players are listed below:
- Remita
- Paystack
- Flutterwave
- Interswitch
- Seerbit
- Fincra
- Kora
- Moniepoint
- eTranzact
- HabariPay
1. Remita
Launched in 2005, the Remita payment gateway is offered by Remita Payment Services Limited, a subsidiary of SystemSpecs. It is robust and resilient and is in use by many SMEs, corporates, religious institutions, NGOs, governments, fintechs, etc.
Selected by the Central Bank of Nigeria, it serves as the payment gateway for the National Treasury Single Account (TSA) initiative, processing millions of local and foreign transactions across multiple channels. Remita processes more than N60 trillion in transaction value annually.
2. Paystack
Founded in 2015, Paystack is a leading payment gateway provider. Its payment gateway enables customers to easily activate collections on their digital touchpoints.
By July 2024, Paystack announced it had processed a staggering N1 trillion in a single month – a milestone that spoke volumes of its rapid adoption among startups and enterprises.
Founded by Nigerian entrepreneurs, Paystack was acquired by global payment company Stripe in October 2020.
3. Flutterwave
Founded in 2016, Flutterwave is a pan-African payments company providing payment gateway services to merchants, fintechs, and other entities. Merchants use Flutterwave payment gateway to receive payments in different currencies through cards, mobile money, USSD, and bank transfers. Flutterwave processed US$31 billion in transaction value in 2024.
4. Interswitch
Founded in 2002, with an initial focus on card switching and processing, Interswitch expanded into providing payment gateway services that enable customers to receive money digitally through different payment channels. Interswitch processed 1.2 billion transactions in March 2023.
5. Seerbit
Founded in 2019, Seerbit is a Nigerian fintech startup with a mandate to bridge Africa’s offline–online payment divide. The Seerbit payment gateway enables its customers to receive payments digitally through multiple payment channels. As of 2025, Seerbit is active in 12 African countries.
6. Fincra
Founded in 2021 with a grand vision to create a borderless Africa seamlessly connected to global finance. It provides multiple APIs for pay-ins (payment gateway, payment links, virtual accounts) and pay-outs (bulk disbursements, IMTO‑licensed transfers). Between 2023 and 2024, Fincra processed over US$10 billion in transaction value.
7. Kora
Founded in 2017, Kora is among the 10 leading payment gateway providers in Nigeria. It initially started as a blockchain remittance platform before pivoting to B2B Payment infrastructure services.
In addition to its payment gateway service, it now offers pay-ins, payouts, virtual accounts, and card issuing across Africa – helping local and global businesses scale in multiple currencies.
8. Moniepoint
Founded in 2015 as Teamapt, Moniepoint has evolved into a leading payment company. Its Monnify payment gateway allows merchants to receive payments through multiple channels, including cards, bank transfers, USSD, etc. As of 2025, Moniepoint processes roughly US$17 billion monthly.
9. eTranzact
Founded in 2003, eTranzact is a leading payments company that provides a wide-array of payment solutions. Its payment gateway Webconnect, enables businesses to accept payments via cards, USSD, bank transfers, etc.
Merchants on Webconnect benefit from seamless integration, a transaction dashboard, and prompt settlements. eTranzact processes trillions of Naira in payment value annually.
10. HabariPay
Founded in 2021, HabariPay is the fintech subsidiary of GTCO. Its Squad payment gateway allows merchants to collect payments from a variety of payment channels, including cards, bank transfers, USSD, etc. HabariPay processed N27.4 trillion in 2024 alone.
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