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QR Merchant Payments on an Instant Rail: What Banks and Merchants Need to Know
A printed code on a counter can settle funds into a merchant account in seconds. How merchant-presented QR works over an instant payment scheme, how the same rail serves feature phones over USSD with a merchant ID, and what to get right.
After Rwanda, Liberia and Guinea: Africa's Instant Payment Momentum
Thirty-one African countries now run a national instant payment system. What is driving the acceleration, and what separates rollouts that stick from those that stall.
Connecting Ecobank Guinea to NimbaPay: Inside the Integration
Ecobank Guinea is among the first institutions live on Guinea's national instant payment system. What it takes to connect a bank's core to a national switch.
Guinea Launches NimbaPay, a National Instant Payment System Built on Mojaloop
On 22 July 2026 in Conakry, the Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea launched NimbaPay — instant, interoperable payments between banks, mobile money providers and microfinance institutions.
BCT Corp and WiredIn Join Forces to Accelerate Financial Inclusion in Africa
A strategic partnership combining BCT Corp's local expertise with WiredIn's Mojaloop capabilities to deploy interoperable instant payment systems across the continent.