The concept of the Commercial Bank of Africa’s digital bank is unique as it focuses on high online availability in order to become more relevant to the younger clientele. This will help the company to serve unbanked Kenyans. It will also ensure the availability of all necessary transactions on a private smartphone, making appointments at a bank branch unnecessary. “Commercial Bank of Africa has chosen Tieto as the provider of cards issuance and payments processing solutions for their extensive experience in payments solutions and proven reputation both in Kenya and internationally. We are seeking to serve 1 million unbanked Kenyans with this initiative and ensure seamless services online, in the palm of our customer’s hand. Tieto Card Suite platform guarantees the stability and reliability of the services we wish to provide”, said Eric Muriuki GM-New Business Ventures, Commercial Bank Of Africa.
The payment solution is developed by Tieto and allows instant card issuance for MasterCard. It also offers customers instant money transfers between accounts and easy transaction management.
“We can clearly see the transformation and digitalization of the Kenyan bank and payments sector have been picking up speed over the last years. Commercial Bank of Africa's initiative to serve the unbanked youth through a smartphone app is a bold innovation and a future-proof approach to banking and payments solutions. It was our pleasure to work alongside such an innovative partner that understands the need to put their customers first”, states Maris Ozolins, Head of Retail Payments and Cards at Tieto.
