Wizzit
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Finance |
| Founded | 2004[1] |
| Headquarters | Sandton, South Africa |
Key people | Brian Richardson (Co-founder and Managing Director), Charles Rowlinson (Co-founder and Chairman) |
| Services | Financial services |
| Website | http://www.wizzit-int.com |
WIZZIT International is a mobile banking solution provider that assists partner financial institutions and service providers in promoting financial inclusion. WIZZIT offers state of the art mobile banking technology that is affordable and easily integrated into existing systems. WIZZIT's Vision is to financially empower consumers through the creation of a cost-effective mobile payment infrastructure.
ACCOLADES:
• President Bill Clinton invitation to address the Clinton Global Initiative on the WIZZIT model as a means to bank a billion.
• CGap – Gates Foundation Grant
• Netexplorateur Grand Prix for Innovation awarded by the French Minister of Finance.
• Top three most innovative Banks in Africa - African Journal of Banking.
• Finalist in Stockholm Challenge for Banking Innovation.
• Twice finalists in Financial Times and IFC awards for banking in Emerging Markets.
• Invitation to speak at G20 Financial Inclusion summit in Mexico.
• Speaker at Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI).
• Speaker at SIBOS Osaka and SIBOS Africa regional conference.
• Speaker at Harvard Business School.
• Presentations to many Central Banks and Bankers Associations.
Launched in 2004, WIZZIT International operates in 11 countries, South Africa, Rwanda, Nigeria, Zambia, Namibia, Albania, Tanzania, Botswana, Mexico, Honduras and Cameroon. And partnered with the following financial institutions, Ubank, Surebank, BPR, StanbicIBTC, Zanaco, Bank Windhoek, ICBank, NMB, Bank Gabarone, Compartamos Banco, Cavmont Bank, Banco de Occidente and KFC Bank.
WIZZIT International offers financial institutions the following: Mobile Banking, WIZZIT Merchant Platform, Cloud Hosted Solutions, WIZZIT Smart ESB, Payments and customised banking Apps.
References
- ^ Changemakers. (1 October 2008). Your Bank in Your Pocket — Making Economic Citizens of all. Retrieved 2 February 2009, from http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/12471
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