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- 5 Jun 2024
Nigerian Tech Entrepreneur, Mitchell Elegbe Joins Global Jury for Prestigious EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Monaco
Mitchell Elegbe, the Founder and Group Managing Director of Interswitch Group has been appointed into the global jury of the Ernst & Young (EY) World Entrepreneur of The Year Awards, which takes…
- 9 Jun 2023
Mitchell Elegbe Inducted into the Prestigious EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame
Mitchell Elegbe, the Founder and Group Managing Director of Interswitch Group has been inducted into the Ernst and Young (EY) World Entrepreneur of the Year (WEOY) Hall of Fame. This proud moment…
- 16 Feb 2009
ATM Fraud Awareness is Education-Elegbe
Mitchell Elegbe is managing director/CEO, InterSwitch Limited, one of Nigeria’s major switching companies. Elegbe has significant exposure and in-depth knowledge of the industry, both…
- 11 May 2020
Elegbe, Interswitch Boss Charges Entrepreneurs on Clear Business Model
Mitchell Elegbe, Interswitch GMD, has advised entrepreneurs to have a clear business model before seeking start-up capital. The Interswitch boss made this remark during a two-hour Webinar Startup…
- 29 Jul 2020
Elegbe, Interswitch Boss Seeks Policies to Sustain e-Payment Growth
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, more Nigerians have embraced electronic payments as a means of avoiding physical contact around cash handling. Mitchell Elegbe, Interswitch’s founder For this…
- 26 Sept 2023
The Rising Stars: 7 Unicorns Shaking the African Continent
The African continent has been experiencing a surge in the number of startups that are making waves across various industries. These startups, popularly referred to as unicorns, are companies that…
- 1 Oct 2019
Verve Promises Continued Efficient Payment Solutions Delivery
Verve Card has promised to continually improve financial inclusion across borders and make payments much more seamless and efficient. This promise was made in Lagos by Mitchell Elegbe, Founder/GMD,…
- 24 Aug 2018
Interswitch Injects 12.5M into SPAK Project
Interswitch Group, a leading Pan-African electronic payment and digital commerce Company, is set to host the first edition of the InterswitchSPAK project with a N12.5 million-scholarship among other…
- 17 May 2010
Experts Brainstorm at AITEC Africa Conference
AITEC Africa, the leading organiser of ICT events across Africa, held the 2010 AITEC Banking & Mobile Money West Africa Conference at Eko Hotel’s new world-class conference centre over…
- 30 Mar 2026
Interswitch Deepens Strategic Partnership with KCB Group to Advance Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion
Interswitch, Africa-focused integrated payments and digital commerce enabler, has reaffirmed and expanded its longstanding partnership with KCB Group within the East Africa region, marking a…
- 22 Jun 2021
#NerdsUnite: Digital Disruption Key to Business Survival
Organizations need to take full advantage of the evolving ICT landscape and embrace digital technology capable of positively disrupting their business model in order to survive the challenges posed…
- 31 Jan 2020
Interswitch Lists N23bn Bond on Stock Exchange
The callable N23 billion worth of bond issued by leading technology-driven company with a focus on the digitisation of payments in Nigeria and other African countries, Interswitch Limited, has been…
- 17 Jun 2018
Verve Life Engages Fitness Loving Nigerians in Healthy living & Workout Sessions
In a bid to improve the fitness level of Nigerians, Pan-African payment card company Verve International on Saturday the 16th of June 2018 at the Landmark events centre successfully engaged fitness…
- 5 Oct 2009
Interswitch Boss Emphasizes Govt Role in e-Payment
Government participation in the entire process of electronic payment implementation has been described as critical for enhancing increased penetration and acceptance of the system. Speaking during…
- 21 Dec 2016
Interswitch Delays IPO Plan Over Dollar Supply Concerns
Interswitch, which processes payments for banks and owns a brand of debit cards in Nigeria, suspended plans to raise as much as $1 billion in an initial public offering as investors fret over further…
- 12 May 2022
Interswitch Gets $110m Funding to Scale Digital Payment Services
Interswitch, a digital payments company, has secured a $110 million in joint investment from LeapFrog Investments and Tana Africa Capital to scale its digital payment services across Africa. Mitchell…
- 19 Oct 2009
Intercontinental Bank Wins Interswitch e-Payment Awards
Intercontinental Bank Plc has emerged winner of the best e-payment bank of the year and best e-payment team of the year in the maiden edition of Interswitch Nigerian e-Payment Awards. The awards…
- 26 Jul 2010
Interswitch Attains Payment Card Data Security Standard Certification (PCI DSS)
Interswitch, Nigeria’s premier switching transaction and electronic payment processing firm, has attained the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification. Thus,…
- 9 Feb 2020
Oyindamola Aje Crowned ‘Best Science Student’ in Nigeria
Oyindamola Aje, a 16-year-old student of Jesuit Memorial College, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has emerged winner of the second edition of the InterswitchSPAK National Science Competition held in…
- 6 Jul 2010
ATMs: Job Losses, Scam Slow Patronage
Transactions on Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) shrank at its fastest pace in three months March to May this year highlighting the severe toll of the worsening economic situation in the country,…
- 17 May 2010
CBN Gives Deadline on Connection to National Central Switch
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated banks in the country to connect to the National Central Switch (NCS), on or before 14th May, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can reveal. The central…
- 14 Sept 2009
Interswitch Installs Gemalto Authentication Solution for Banks
Interswitch has announced that it is deploying Gemalto’s complete Ezio Strong authentication solution to secure e-payment services in Nigeria. With Gemalto’s scalable solution,…
- 15 Jan 2014
Interswitch Smartgov to Raise Revenues for Cross River State
Senator Liyel Imoke, Governor of Cross River State, has announced that his government will continue to expand ways the Smartgov platform; the identity management and e-payment infrastructure for…
- 1 Oct 2013
QuickTeller Adds 'Remember Card' Feature to Verve Card
Interswitch, a leading pan-African integrated payment company, in conjunction with Verve International, the payment card solutions division of Interswitch Transnational Holdings, has launched a new…
- 25 Sept 2013
Interswitch Clients Scoop CBN Payment System Awards
Four Interswitch clients have won in their categories at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Payment System Awards, held in Abuja recently. All four have been recognized by the Central Bank of Nigeria…
- 11 Feb 2014
Akwa Ibom Partners Intel, Others for National School Science Fair
The National School Science Fair, which brings together secondary school students from across the country, will be hosted by the Akwa Ibom State Government this year. The event is sponsored by Shell…
- 1 Apr 2014
Interswitch, Western Union Introduce Account-Based Money Transfer
Interswitch Transnational, a leading pan-African integrated payments company, has entered into agreement with Western Union, the leading global payment services company, to introduce an account-based…
- 4 Apr 2014
Interswitch Bags Award for Innovative Payment Processing
Interswitch Transnational, a leading Pan-African integrated payments company with operations in Nigeria and a growing presence in West and East Africa, announces that its Verve and QuickTeller…
- 10 Jun 2014
MMA2’s Automated Car Park Commissioned
The automated Multi-Storey Car Park (MSCP) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, has been completed and inaugurated. The project was inaugurated at a brief ceremony at the weekend…
- 10 Nov 2009
InterSwitch Named Stratus Technologies’ ‘Partner of the Year’
InterSwitch Nigeria has been named Stratus Technologies Europe, Middle East and Africa ‘Partner of the Year’. The award, presented by Dick Sharod, African regional director at Stratus…