About paga

We are transforming lives by delivering innovative and universal access to financial services.

Birthed from the frustrations faced with the limited payment systems in Nigeria and grown with a vision to make Digital Financial Services easily accessible to Nigerians, Paga has become the company with the nation’s largest financial services distribution network. With over 13,000 agent outlets in 35 states, Paga empowers various communities across the country with its unrivalled reach.

Since 2009, the company has been disruptive, tackling the key financial challenges Nigerians face every day. Paga provides a suite of payment solutions for businesses and consumers leveraging its online and offline channels.

Paga is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and goes over and beyond to comply with both local and global security standards. The company also works with strong partners, such as Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission, Interswitch and NIBBS to provide excellent service on a daily basis. The company recently acquired the PCI DSS certification joining the ranks of companies like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB to offer word class security standards.

Focused on its strategic mission of transforming lives through innovative and universal access to financial services, Paga’s passion and inventiveness is evident in all that it does.

In 2017 alone, Paga was:

• recognised by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund as having the fastest-growing Agent Network in Nigeria for its role in driving financial inclusion.
• named to the CB Insights 2017 Fintech 250 list — a select group of emerging private companies working on groundbreaking financial technology.
• the highest transacting non-Bank SVA on Quickteller in the Interswitch Connect Award 2017

Never resting on its oars, Paga is set to go into 2018 to further empowering customers with new innovative offerings that make life possible.

Thriving Agent Network

The Paga agent network is the largest Financial Services distribution network in Nigeria and serves as the company’s hands and feet across the nation. Through strong partnerships with passionate entrepreneurs, Paga makes a physical connection with communities to address payment related needs. Paga empowers its agents by helping them grow their businesses and be relevant in their neighbourhoods by being the solution to customers’ payment needs.

Paga aims to expand the Agent network to 40,000 across Nigeria by 2018, connecting even more remote and urban areas with financial services while supporting small businesses.

Paga agent outlets enable customers to:

• Deposit cash into their Paga accounts
• Send money to anyone in Nigeria
• Pay bills such as PayTV, Internet and Electricity
• Pay money into any bank account
• Receive cash from anyone in Nigeria
• Buy airtime for all GSM networks

Paga for Business Growth

Over 6,000 Businesses are leveraging Paga’s reliable and flexible nationwide network to collect and disburse payment online and offline. Thanks to Paga they can spend more time growing their business and less time worrying about payments. Examples of such businesses include Dangote Foundation, Ikeja Electric, Eko Electricity, UK Immigration and many more.

Paga is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and goes over and beyond to comply with both local and global security standards. Paga also works with strong partners, such as Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission, Interswitch, NIBBS, to provide excellent service on a daily basis.

Empowering Consumers

Paga also offers the self-service option through the following channels: desktop/mobile web (mypaga.com), mobile apps and the *242# short code service. Paga believes in putting the power in its 7 million customers’ hands; offering options to sort out payments at their convenience wherever they may be.

With Paga, consumers can;

• Save money in their Paga accounts
• Transfer funds to anyone in Nigeria instantly
• Pay various bills conveniently
• Send money into any Nigerian bank account
• Receive cash from anyone in Nigeria
• Buy airtime and internet data for all mobile phone networks

In addition to all these services customers can use Paga to receive International Money Transfers through partners like Terrapay and MFS Africa. See more at www.mypaga.com/remittances

Paga has been featured by Forbes, CNBC Africa, The Economist, Techcrunch and other notable publications as a key Fintech organization truly empowering and making life possible for Nigerians.