| Industry | Banking |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Nigeria |
| Services | Online banking |
| Parent | VFD Group |
| Website | https://www.vbank.ng |
VFD Microfinance Bank is a fully digital bank with headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. As a digital bank, it offers free banking services to Nigerians. [1] [2] [3] The bank is headed by Gbenga Omolokun as the managing director. [4] [5] VFD Microfinance Bank is a subsidiary of VFD Group a proprietary investment company with Nonso Okpala as Managing Director/ CEO [6] [7]
VBank (V by VFD or V) is a virtual bank and platform powered by VFD Microfinance Bank and was launched on March 25, 2020. It was created to offer free online banking. [2] [8] [9] [10] Currently, VBank has onboarded more than 500,000 active individuals and businesses on its mobile banking platform across Nigeria. [11]
Veelage is VBank’s community-based reward system that allows customers to earn on the go. Veelagers are ranked and rewarded based on their active participation.
VBiz is the VBank equivalent for businesses. It is an all-in-one platform enabling Corporate and SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) users to open, manage and transact from their V Bank Accounts.
VBank has won the following awards:
Opera is a Norwegian multinational technology company and subsidiary of Kunlun that specializes in web browser development, fintech, as well as services such as Opera News and YoYo Games. The company's total user base, including users of its desktop browsers, mobile browsers and other services exceeds 380 million monthly active users.
Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC also known as GTCO PLC is a multinational financial services group, that offers retail and investment banking, pension management, asset management and payments services, headquartered in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. GTCO Plc was created in July 2021 following the corporate reorganization of Guaranty Trust Bank PLC into a Holding Company.
Stripe, Inc. is an Irish-American financial services and software as a service (SaaS) company dual-headquartered in South San Francisco, California, United States and Dublin, Ireland. The company primarily offers payment-processing software and application programming interfaces for e-commerce websites and mobile applications.
Easypaisa is a Pakistani mobile wallet, mobile payments and branchless banking services provider. It was founded in 2009 by Telenor Pakistan. It also provides digital payment service through QR code in partnership with Masterpass and is the only GSMA mobile money certified service in Pakistan.
Revolut is a British-Lithuanian neobank and financial technology company that offers banking services. Revolut Bank UAB is licensed and regulated by the Bank of Lithuania within the European Union. Headquartered in London, it was founded in 2015 by Nikolay Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko. It offers accounts featuring currency exchange, debit cards, virtual cards, Apple Pay, interest-bearing "vaults", stock trading, crypto, commodities, and other services.
Plaid is a financial services company based in San Francisco, California. The company builds a data transfer network that powers fintech and digital finance products.
PayconiqInternational S.A. is a Luxembourg-based company developing a mobile payment and payment processing platform, active in Belgium and Luxembourg. The company had the initial support of ING Bank, which was joined later by Belgian banks KBC Bank and Belfius, and launched its first minimum-viable product in Belgium, in 2015. The company will discontinue its services in the Netherlands on 1 January 2022. What started as a mobile payment app is today a fully-fledged platform offering multi-country payment solutions in Benelux, through different types of integration: stand-alone apps, bank app integrations and more.
Cash App is a mobile payment service available in the United States and the United Kingdom that allows users to transfer money to one another using a mobile phone app. In September 2021, the service reported 70 million annual transacting users and US$1.8 billion in gross profit.
Curve is a payment card that aggregates multiple payment cards through its accompanying mobile app, allowing a user to make payments and withdrawals from a single card. It lets you "switch the bank card you paid with after each transaction is complete." Curve named this feature "Back in time".
Telenor Microfinance Bank, formerly Tameer Microfinance Bank, is a Pakistani microfinance bank which is based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded in 2006 by Nadeem Hussain as Tameer Microfinance Bank, which was later acquired by Telenor Pakistan.
Chime Financial, Inc. is an American financial technology company which provides fee-free mobile banking services that are provided by The Bancorp Bank or Stride Bank, N.A. Account-holders are issued Visa debit cards or credit cards and have access to an online banking system accessible through the company's website or via its mobile apps. Chime earns the majority of its revenue from the collection of interchange fees.
GCash is a Philippine mobile wallet, mobile payments and branchless banking service. Introduced in 2004, it is owned by Mynt, which is a joint venture between Ant Group, an affiliate company of the Alibaba Group and the operator of the world's leading open digital lifestyle platform, Alipay; Ayala Group of Companies, one of the Philippines' largest business conglomerates; and Globe Group, one of the Philippines' largest telecommunications companies.
Joom is an international group of e-commerce and fintech companies founded in June 2016 in Riga, Latvia. It also has offices in China, Hong Kong, the United States, Germany, and Luxembourg. Joom currently includes five different businesses.
Current is a New York City-based financial services and software development company (FinTech). It provides mobile banking services through its partner bank, Choice Financial Group, Member FDIC.
Maya, is a Philippine financial services and digital payments company based in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Parthian Partners Limited (PPL) is a Nigerian capital market conglomerate based in Lagos, Nigeria. The company was incorporated as a Private Limited Liability in Nigeria in 2012. PPL is licensed and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and an FMDQ Exchange associate member. The company was awarded the Best Brokerage Service Award by the FMDQ Gold Awards in 2018. Parthian Partners is rated as a company with a stable financial outlook.
bunq B.V. is a Dutch fintech and neobank licensed in the Netherlands within the European Union and operating in 30 European countries. It was founded in Amsterdam where its headquarters are currently located.
Nairametrics is a Nigerian online newspaper that focuses on business and economic current affairs. It was established in 2013 by Obi-Chukwu Ugodre as a product of Nairametrics Financial Advocates Limited. They provide access to macroeconomic data, corporate finance data, consumer price data, and pricing analytics.
Zenus Bank is an American digital bank headquartered in San Juan. Founded in 2019 by Mushegh Tovmasyan, the company operates with an international banking licence offering Personal, Business, Corporate and Institutional banking services direct to clients through mobile apps and online banking. This approach enables clients to remotely open accounts without the need to be a US citizen, resident or registered business. It currently services customers in over 90 countries.
Gage Awards is an award that recognises and honours individuals, brands and corporate organisations leading in innovative internet use in entertainment, inspiration, information and commerce. It is an annual award hosted by GAGE Digital Company in Lagos, Nigeria. There are two categories of nominees, the public choice are identified and voted by members of the public and the panelist choice are nominated by the public and the jury selects the winners based on their innovative use of technology and digital media.
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