Banking Tech · Nigeria, India

Best Banking Tech Companies in Nigeria

Updated 2026-06-22 · Ranked by funding & momentum

85 indexable Banking Tech companies headquartered in Nigeria, ranked by total equity funding and recent funding momentum. Combined disclosed equity funding of $217.7M across 24 funded companies.

85
Companies
$217.7M
Total Funding
24
Funded
0
Unicorns
0
Rounds (90d)

Ranked: Best Banking Tech companies in Nigeria

#CompanyFundingValuationStage Latest roundEmployeesFoundedMomentum
1 CreditChek
Developer of a credit data aggregating platform
$240K Seed Seed Jan 2025 8 2021 ↑ Active
2 Shekel
Provider of the marketplace offering inventory loans and digital banking for automobile businesses
$5.2M Series A Series A Nov 2023 8 2021
3 Kuda
Provider of a digital bank for individuals
$91.6M $500M
as of 2021
Series B Series B Aug 2021 450 2017
4 FairMoney
Provider of a digital microfinance bank for individuals
$57M Series B Series B Oct 2021 2017
5 Anchor
Association focused on payments, lending and other financial services
$3.5M Seed Seed Sep 2023 4 2022
6 Blackcopper
P2P marketplace for consumer and business loans
$630K Seed Seed May 2024 44 2020
7 OnePipe $4.5M Seed Mar 2023 46 2018
8 Indicina Technologies
Provider of a loan life cycle management software
$7M Seed Seed Jun 2022 42 2017
9 Maplerad
Core Banking service providing platform
$6M Seed Seed Oct 2022 2020
10 Thepeer
Payment processing solution for businesses
$2.3M Seed Seed Jun 2022 9 2021
11 Carbon
Digital Bank for Individuals and Businesses.
$10M Series A Series A 2020 2012
12 payforce network
App-based platform offering correspondent banking services
$3.6M Acquired Seed Feb 2022 2019
13 Prospa
Digital bank for individuals
$3.9M Seed Seed Sep 2021 56 2019
14 Okra
API-based open banking solutions
$4.5M Seed Seed Apr 2021 54 2019
15 Sparkle
Digital bank for consumers and businesses
$3.1M Seed Seed Oct 2021 43 2019
16 Brass
Digital bank for businesses
$1.7M Acquired Seed Oct 2021 55 2019
17 i.Sec
AI based financial fraud detection solutions
$10M Late Stage PE Mar 2014 2 2013
18 VeendHQ
Developer of a cloud-based automated loan management platform for lenders
$330K Seed Seed Jun 2022 22 2021
19 Kredi Bank
Provider of digital financial services for individuals and businesses
$180K Seed Seed Sep 2022 24 2010
20 Bloc
Open banking suite
$1M Seed Seed Aug 2019 48 2009
21 TechAdvance
Provider of payment facilitation solutions for businesses
$1M Deadpooled Seed Aug 2019 82 2009
22 Crediometer
Digital bank for startups and growing businesses
$20K Seed Seed 2023 11 2020
23 Fundall
Digital bank for individuals & businesses
$150K Acquired Seed Oct 2020 25 2019
24 MMIT Online
Mobile apps for POS
$220K Seed Angel Sep 2012 10 2007
25 Electronic Esusu
Cloud-based banking software suite
Funding Raised Grant (prize money) Nov 2024 2016 ↑ Active
26 Zeeh
Online platform offering diversified fintech solutions
Seed Seed May 2023 13 2022
27 Aku
Provider of mobile banking and payment services
Seed Seed Aug 2022 43 2020
28 Aladdin
Internet-first bank through banking partnership
Funding Raised Conventional Debt May 2022 58 2020
29 3Line
Software solutions for banks & businesses
Unfunded 2007
30 AjoCard
mPOS hardware and software solution provider
Funding Raised 41 2018
31 ALAT
Internet first bank in Nigeria
Unfunded 2016
32 ARCA
Open banking API solutions for banks and financial institutions
Funding Raised 54 2016
33 ASUSU
Loan life cycle management solutions
Unfunded 88 2017
34 B54
Provider of account and loan management platform
Funding Raised 13 2021
35 BioRegistra
Cloud-based data capture & identity management platform
Unfunded 2017
36 CashConnect
Digital bank for individuals and businesses
Unfunded 2017
37 Celtic Heritage Bank
Provider of a banking platform for financial applications
Unfunded 2022
38 ChatPay
Chatbot app for personal banking
Deadpooled 2016
39 Clan
Platfom offering split payment solutions for finance institutions
Funding Raised 42 2016
40 ConfirmMe
Identity and credential verification platform
Unfunded 1985
41 CreditShore
Digital bank for individuals and businesses
Unfunded 2017
42 dotpay
DotPay helps hundreds of people quickly and securely make cash withdrawals, transfers, and pay bills.
Private 165 2021
43 Eazycheck
Lending tools for banks and financial institutions
Deadpooled 2019
44 eCard9ja
Correspondent banking solutions
Deadpooled 2018
45 Environ
Provider of biometric finger vein technology-based payment authentication
Unfunded 2010
46 Finaclusion
Solution to manage & automate group savings, group lending and cooperative
Unfunded 2019
47 FirstCentral Credit Bureau
Credit rating solutions
Unfunded 2005
48 Flick
Open banking and payment solutions
Funding Raised 10 2021
49 FundMe
Provider of financial tools for small and medium-sized enterprises
Unfunded 2024
50 GrowVast
Core banking solution for MFIs
Unfunded 2015

Top 12 Banking Tech companies in Nigeria

#1
CreditChek Seed
$240K Raised
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location_onLagos, Lagos
Founded
2021
Employees
8
Funding raised
$240K
Stage
Seed

Developer of a credit data aggregating platform. It provides users with a reliable finance and credit data platform for businesses. It also offers APIs to aggregate credit data from multiple bank partners into a single platform. Its features include data accessing, consumer banking analytics, and avoiding loan stacking.

Funding rounds (1 disclosed of 2)
Round Date Amount
Seed Jan 2025 Undisclosed
Seed Jul 2022 $240K
Founders & key people
Tech stack
amazon sesamazon web servicesaoscdnjscloudflarecloudflare browser insights+14
#2
Shekel Series A
$5.2M Raised
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location_onLagos, Lagos
Founded
2021
Employees
8
Funding raised
$5.2M
Stage
Series A

Provider of the marketplace offering inventory loans and digital banking for automobile businesses. It provides users with loans to its users for purchasing inventory for automobile businesses without any collateral and offers multiple loan products from different lenders. It also offers digital banking services for automobile businesses which allows them to manage current or savings accounts, and pay and receive mon

Funding rounds (3 disclosed of 4)
Round Date Amount
Series A Nov 2023 $3.2M
Conventional Debt Nov 2023 $4M
Seed Jan 2023 $1.9M
Seed Apr 2022 Undisclosed
Tech stack
amazon cloudfrontamazon web servicesant designcookiebotgoogle analyticsgoogle workspace+10
#3
Kuda Series B
$91.6M Raised
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location_onLagos, Lagos
Founded
2017
Employees
450
Funding raised
$91.6M
Valuation
$500M · 2021
Stage
Series B

Provider of a digital bank for individuals. Its services include savings accounts, NFC-enabled prepaid cards, bill payments, and online and offline transactions. It also offers smart budgeting for expenditure monitoring, automated savings with yearly interests, and the option to freeze and unfreeze debit cards by using the application. Its application is available on Android and IOS platforms.

Funding rounds (4 disclosed of 4)
Round Date Amount
Series B Aug 2021 $55M
Series A Mar 2021 $25M
Seed Nov 2020 $10M
Seed Sep 2019 $1.6M
Tech stack
amazon cloudfrontamazon web servicesappsflyeratlassian statuspagebabelbootstrap+14
#4
FairMoney Series B
$57M Raised
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location_onIkeja, Lagos
Founded
2017
Funding raised
$57M
Stage
Series B

Provider of a digital microfinance bank for individuals. It provides users with a platform that offers financial products including savings accounts, prepaid cards, money transfers, bill payments, consumer and business loans, and more. It also features POS devices, fixed deposits, savings calculators, loan calculators, and expense management tools. Its app is available for Android and iOS users. It make it easy for u

Funding rounds (3 disclosed of 4)
Round Date Amount
Series B Oct 2021 Undisclosed
Series B Jul 2021 $42M
Series A Sep 2019 $11.1M
Seed 2018 $1.4M
Founders & key people
Tech stack
amazon cloudfrontamazon s3amazon web servicesapple icloud mailgoogle font apigoogle workspace+5
#5
Anchor Seed
$3.5M Raised
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location_onLagos, Lagos
Founded
2022
Employees
4
Funding raised
$3.5M
Stage
Seed

Association focused on payments, lending and other financial services

Funding rounds (3 disclosed of 3)
Round Date Amount
Seed Sep 2023 $2.4M
Seed Aug 2022 $1M
Seed 2022 $500K
Tech stack
cdnjscloudflarecloudflare bot managementcore-jsemotiongoogle analytics+14
#6
$630K Raised
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location_onLekki, Lagos
Founded
2020
Employees
44
Funding raised
$630K
Stage
Seed

P2P marketplace for consumer and business loans. It offers a platform that enables individuals and businesses to lend and borrow money for personal and business purposes with customized terms, amounts, and repayment options. The application is available on Android and iOS platforms.

Funding rounds (2 disclosed of 2)
Round Date Amount
Seed May 2024 $220K
Seed Jul 2022 $630K
Founders & key people
#7
OnePipe Seed
$4.5M Raised
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location_onNigeria
Founded
2018
Employees
46
Funding raised
$4.5M
Stage
Seed

Operator of a fintech platform intended to integrate banking and financial services into one unified bundle. The company's platform aggregates APIs from banks and fintech into a standardized gateway that is easy to integrate as well as offers multiple integrations and bank transfers, enabling clients to have seamless integrations between the bank and other fintech.

#8
$7M Raised
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location_onLagos, Lagos
Founded
2017
Employees
42
Funding raised
$7M
Stage
Seed

Provider of a loan life cycle management software. It provides solutions for loan origination, loan monitoring, credit underwriting, portfolio management, customer acquisition, and fraud management. Its credit analysis platform uses predictive analytics and machine learning to identify and reject bad loans during the application and underwriting process.

Funding rounds (4 disclosed of 5)
Round Date Amount
Seed Jun 2022 $3M
Seed Oct 2021 $3.8M
Seed Dec 2020 Undisclosed
Seed Sep 2020 $150K
Seed 2019 $100K
Tech stack
all in one seoamazon sesamazon web servicesapache http servercookieyescore-js+14
#9
Maplerad Seed
$6M Raised
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location_onLagos, Lagos
Founded
2020
Funding raised
$6M
Stage
Seed

Core Banking service providing platform. It offers solutions such as account creation infrastructure, global payments and receiving transaction API, card infrastructure in multiple currencies, foreign exchange APIs, and others.

Funding rounds (1 disclosed of 1)
Round Date Amount
Seed Oct 2022 $6M
Founders & key people
Tech stack
amazon web servicescloudinaryelement uigoogle analyticsgoogle tag managergoogle workspace+12
#10
Thepeer Seed
$2.3M Raised
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location_onLagos, Lagos
Founded
2021
Employees
9
Funding raised
$2.3M
Stage
Seed

Payment processing solution for businesses. The company offers to send, direct charge, link, and recurring payment products. It allows users to send money across any business.

Funding rounds (2 disclosed of 2)
Round Date Amount
Seed Jun 2022 $2.1M
Seed 2021 $220K
Founders & key people
#11
Carbon Series A
$10M Raised
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location_onLagos, Lagos
Founded
2012
Funding raised
$10M
Stage
Series A

Digital Bank for Individuals and Businesses. It offers short-term loans on the basis of credit assessments. It also offers a Carbon account for online payments, money transfers, bill payments, business transactions, and more. App is available on iOS and Android devices.

Funding rounds (2 disclosed of 2)
Round Date Amount
Series A 2020 $10M
Conventional Debt Mar 2019 $5M
Tech stack
adjustamazon cloudfrontamazon s3amazon sesamazon web servicescdnjs+14
#12
payforce network Acquired
$3.6M Raised
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location_onAbuja, Federal Capital Territory
Founded
2019
Funding raised
$3.6M
Stage
Acquired

App-based platform offering correspondent banking services. It offers banking services to the underbanked population of Nigeria through a network of agents and allows them to open accounts, save, deposit, pay, transfer, take loans, and other related services. It allows agents with all the features required to offer banking services such as payment collection, amount settlements, managing multiple accounts, and more.

Funding rounds (1 disclosed of 1)
Round Date Amount
Seed Feb 2022 $3.6M
Tech stack
emotiongoogle analyticsgoogle font apigoogle sign-inhstslodash+12

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Funding & investor landscape

Total raised
$217.7M
across these companies
Companies funded
24
with disclosed funding
Highest-funded
$91.6M raised

Most active investors

Techstars Techstars 5 investments in Banking Tech Expert DOJO Expert DOJO 3 investments in Banking Tech Future Africa Future Africa 3 investments in Banking Tech Musha Ventures Musha Ventures 3 investments in Banking Tech Ventures Platform Ventures Platform 3 investments in Banking Tech Y Combinator Y Combinator 3 investments in Banking Tech Acuity Ventures Acuity Ventures 2 investments in Banking Tech Byld Ventures Byld Ventures 2 investments in Banking Tech Catapult Catapult 2 investments in Banking Tech Lamar Holding Lamar Holding 2 investments in Banking Tech Launch Africa Launch Africa 2 investments in Banking Tech Luno Expeditions Luno Expeditions 2 investments in Banking Tech

Notable founders in Nigeria Banking Tech

LO Lionel Orishane Co-Founder CreditChek · $240K raised
Laurin Hainy Laurin Hainy Co-Founder & CEO FairMoney · $57M raised
GS Gbekeloluwa Simeon Co-Founder Anchor · $3.5M raised
OS Olamide Sobowale Co-Founder Anchor · $3.5M raised
SA Segun Adeyemi Co-Founder & CEO Anchor · $3.5M raised
AO Azeez Oluwafemi Co-Founder Blackcopper · $630K raised
Yvonne Johnson Yvonne Johnson Co-Founder & CEO Indicina Technologies · $7M raised
MA Miracle A Founder Maplerad · $6M raised
CO Chike Ononye Co-Founder Thepeer · $2.3M raised
Ngozi Dozie Ngozi Dozie Co-Founder Carbon · $10M raised
Chijioke Dozie Chijioke Dozie Co-Founder Carbon · $10M raised
TA Tomi Ayordine Co-Founder & CEO payforce network · $3.6M raised

Frequently asked questions

How many Banking Tech companies are there in Nigeria?
Radar tracks 85 indexable Banking Tech companies headquartered in Nigeria that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Banking Tech companies in Nigeria?
The Banking Tech companies in Nigeria on this list have raised a combined $217.7M in disclosed equity funding across 24 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Banking Tech company in Nigeria?
Kuda is the highest-funded Banking Tech company in Nigeria, with $91.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Banking Tech companies in Nigeria are funded?
24 of the 85 Banking Tech companies in Nigeria on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Banking Tech unicorns are there in Nigeria?
None of the Banking Tech companies in Nigeria on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Nigeria Banking Tech companies?
The most active investors in Nigeria Banking Tech companies on this list include Techstars, Expert DOJO, Future Africa, Musha Ventures, Ventures Platform.

Rankings are computed by Radar (Fliar BI) from the Radar company master and are updated periodically. Funding and momentum scores use disclosed equity-funding data only. Figures may lag private rounds. Last updated 2026-06-22.

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