Who can issue e-money in Namibia?
9 entities are on the official Bank of Namibia register under the Namibia licence category this dataset maps to e-money issuance ("Electronic Money (E-Money) participant") — issuing stored value and holding the customer float under that licence. Other institutions (e.g. licensed banks) may hold customer funds under separate authority. The full, source-linked list is below.
Maintained: this official source is re-checked on a weekly schedule — last checked 2026-08-04 · unchanged since the previous check.
“E-money issuance” here is the normalized activity: Issue stored-value / electronic money redeemable at par and hold the customer float. The category of licence that lets a provider keep customers' money.
Activity id (as used by the Afriset MCP): fintech:EMONEY_ISSUE
Electronic Money (E-Money) participant
Bank of Namibia · 9 entities · source not dated- Bank Windhoek (BWHK)
- First National Bank (FNB)
- MTC Maris (Pty) Ltd
- Nam-mic Payment Solutions (NPS)
- Nedbank Namibia (NBN)
- Standard Bank Namibia (SBN)
- United PayPoint (Pty) Ltd
- Virtual Technology Services (VTS)
- VIVO Energy Namibia (VIVO)
Source: Bank of Namibia
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