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One question from a payments operator, answered by Ask myATLAS: licences per market, options while you license, matched providers, and every source. Unedited.
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Investigation · 26 Oct 2026 · 19 sources
Real outputThe question
We're a Nigerian payment company expanding into Kenya and Ghana. What licences do we need in each market, and which providers can give us local collections and payouts while we get licensed?
Short answer
Each market needs its own authorisation: the Central Bank of Kenya for payment service providers, and the Bank of Ghana under Act 987. While you license, route collections and payouts through an authorised local partner, and confirm each provider's Kenya and Ghana coverage before you sign.
Sourced fact
Payment service providers are authorised and overseen by the Central Bank of Kenya under the National Payment System framework.
Central Bank of KenyaSourced fact
CBK publishes a directory of authorised payment service providers; check any partner against it before contracting.
Central Bank of KenyaAnalysis
Fastest route while you license: partner with an authorised PSP or mobile-money operator that can collect and pay out on M-Pesa.
Cross-border payments
29 companies
Cross-border payments
29 companies · 14 countries
Sourced from company pages; verification pending
Brazil · Canada · China · Ghana · Kenya · Mauritius · Netherlands · Nigeria · Singapore · South Africa · Tanzania · United Kingdom · United States · Uruguay
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