GB Agboola's Flutterwave secures Nigerian microfinance banking licence after 10 years as a payments company
Billionaires Africa | 03.04.2026 16:24
Flutterwave, Africa's most valuable payments technology company, has secured a microfinance banking licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria, enabling it to hold customer deposits, offer bank accounts and extend loans directly for the first time in its ten-year history, ending its dependence on partner commercial banks to underpin its core financial infrastructure.
