eNaira Charting the Course for Financial Inclusion on its One-Year Anniversary
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SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
Bitt joins the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in celebrating the one-year
anniversary of the eNaira. Since its launch on 25 October 2021, citizens and
residents of Nigeria were the first on the continent of Africa to be able to
use a legal tender digital currency for their daily financial transactions.
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Bitt and the CBN continue to work diligently to roll-out eNaira updates in
adherence with the CBN's published roadmap. The implementation plan identifies
three phases. The project roll-out is currently in phase two. In addition to
onboarding banked customers and merchants, and integrating and optimizing core
banking systems to facilitate transactions throughout the existing eNaira
ecosystem, other major achievements include:
-- Unbanked customer onboarding and transactions via USSD
-- Integrations with the National Payment Service for QR functionality and
wholesale funds transfer (RTGS)
-- Onboarding of IMTOs and integration of DCMS to exchange Naira
-- Multi-lingual support for mobile applications and USSD
-- SMS Integration with CBN's SMS gateway service
-- Security hardening
The next phases will include:
-- Onboarding of Nigerian Trade and Exchange platform
-- Sector-specific tokens for grants and subsidies
-- Programmable payments for eNaira payment scenarios
Brian Popelka, CEO, Bitt states "This year has been full of firsts for Africa.
Being the first provides the opportunity to become the first to find solutions
and to chart the course for others to follow. Today's one-year milestone is an
exceptional achievement for both the Central Bank of Nigeria and Bitt teams. We
look forward to continued partnership on this CBDC deployment journey and to
provide additional features to expand eNaira's value to all Nigerians and
everyone, everywhere."
Bitt has ensured that Nigerians play a pivotal role in this project by
expanding its global team to include Nigerian engineers, product managers and
executives. Imran Khan, EVP, Partnerships, states, "Utilizing local talent
cements our commitment to Nigeria and to the entire African continent as we
endeavor to lower infrastructure cost and improve the access and
user-experience of receiving and sending money, thereby promoting financial
inclusion throughout Africa."
About Bitt
Bitt ( https://www.bitt.com/ ) is a financial technology company that provides
digital currency solutions to central banks, financial institutions, and
ecosystem participants worldwide. Bitt's Digital Currency Management System
(DCMS) provides the secure infrastructure for monetary authorities to deploy
CBDCs, and for financial institutions to integrate digital currencies into
their financial service offerings. Bitt is a portfolio company of Medici
Ventures, L.P., a blockchain-focused fund. The general partner of that fund is
an entity affiliated with Pelion Venture Partners. Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:
OSTK) is a limited partner of Medici Ventures, L.P.
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Pelion Venture Partners ( https://pelionvp.com/ ) is an early-stage venture
capital firm. Currently investing out of their seventh fund, Pelion invests in
Seed and Series A software companies across the United States. Notable
investments include: Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), Riverbed, Divvy (acquired by
Bill.com), and Weave (NYSE: WEAV).
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