Introduced in 2017, the VerveLife fitness event which is organised annually has grown into a thriving platform, attracting thousands of fitness enthusiasts from Nigeria and beyond.

We have merely spent the last 20 years preparing for what is to come. The future is incubating in your minds, the possibilities are unfathomable, and together we can usher Africa into an all-new era of innovation. “What looks like the sky is only the dew, we are on the brink of something new.” We are inspiring Africa to greatness, and we will never stop.

Designed to enrich the commuters’ travel experience, Quickteller Transport enables users to easily search and book inter-state trips from multiple travel operators across Nigeria. Users will also be able to filter their search to specific or preferred operators, compare fares based on criteria such as vehicle type, departure point and time, as well as access specialized functions provided by transport operators, including seat selection and preferred pick-up location option, all at their convenience.

The 2022 Payments Innovation Jury whose expert insights and perspectives essentially drove the report was made up of 79 senior payments leaders across 30 different markets. To give a full, 360-degree picture, a significant number of senior regulators and investors were recruited to the Jury for the first time since its inception, alongside national payments companies, banks, fintechs, and payments policy bodies.

The breakfast sessions, which took place in Ibadan, Port-Harcourt, Enugu, Abuja and Lagos were organised to discuss how businesses can leverage digital payment to unlock endless opportunities and drive growth in the financial industry. The events gave stakeholders the opportunity to also deliberate on salient issues pertaining to the industry.

The programme began airing on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Subsequently, its schedule is slated to air on AIT Network on Sundays at 7:30 pm and DSTV Africa Magic Family Main Show on Sundays at 5:30 pm, with repeat broadcasts on Wednesdays at 3pm.

In addition to the award, we also emerged fourth overall in the 2022 ranking of the ‘Best Companies to Work for; a ranking that lists corporate organisations with great workplace cultures. The award ceremony, themed 'Better Together' was held on Friday, November 18, 2022, as part of the organisation’s efforts to acknowledge and encourage companies that strive to create great workplace values.

To increase awareness of the benefits of adopting the digital tax remittance system, FIRS introduced the taxpayers’ sensitization programme. The activities for the programme included demo and enquiry sessions on the Tax-Pro Max e-filing platform launched by the Government tax management agency to address the complications experienced by taxpayers using the previous collection system.

Vincent Ogbunude, MD, Payment Tokens (Verve) said, “Now is the time for us as leaders in the payment infrastructure space to collaborate and explore ways to take full advantage of the current technological revolution to reduce gaps that hold back truly inclusive and sustainable development in our sector, including the ubiquitous monster called fraud/cybercrime. Indeed, one of those key solutions we rolled out this year (Fraud-As-A-Service) is well aligned with the core theme of this year’s CeBIH conference.

Recently, Interswitch, Providus Bank, Mastercard and Thales launched a contactless Tap-to-Pay transaction via smart devices. The service allows for cardholders to make fast, secure, and convenient in-store payments by tapping their NFC-enabled smart device at any contactless-enabled payment terminal.

Interswitch’s products, which are already out in the market, will help bridge the digital payments gap as they are socially inclusive - solving critical challenges, protecting customers against digital payment fraud, providing effective value financing tools for lenders, seamless integration to payment channels and enhanced customer experience, among others.

At the event, participants were onboarded onto the company’s products, including Postilion Retail Payment, Interswitch Banking-as-a- Service; Interswitch Payment-as-a-Service; Agency Banking and Card Fusion.

As technology and digital innovators, Interswitch, Mastercard and Thales Group introduce a cost-effective, efficient and reliable solution – Tokenization – to the Nigerian banking sector, Providus Bank has started to implement it in its operations, as the benefits are expected to spread to all stakeholders in the economy.

We were highly delighted to be recognized at the Central Bank of Nigeria's National Financial Inclusion Conference, as the financially inclusive fintech of the year.

Akeem Lawal, Managing Director (MD) at Interswitch Purepay (Transaction Switching and Payment Processing) joined an engaging discourse on driving the revolution in global #trade using #technology, along with our good man, the inimitable Mike Ogbalu III FCIB 🙌🏽(CEO at the Pan-African Payment & Settlement System - PAPSS), Massimiliano Spalazzi (Country MD, Jumia Nigeria), Dr Ozoemena Nnaji (Director for Trade and Exchange at the Central Bank of Nigeria) and Samuel Eze (CEO at OurPass (Techstars '21).

To commemorate World Savings Day this year, we were selected by the CBN to visit a school with the purpose of mentoring them to imbibe the savings culture and also educate them on the impact this will have on their financial wellbeing and the economy at large.