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Who can operate a payment switch in Zambia?

Zambia: The BoZ register (API) was read in full; no entity carries payment-system-operator licence wording. 35 entities sit under the heterogeneous 'DESIGNATED PAYMENT SYSTEMS' heading (switching/gateway/messaging wordings) - counted, not force-fit.

“Payment switching” here is the normalized activity: Own or operate payment switching, routing, clearing or interoperability infrastructure between payment service providers, issuers, acquirers and schemes.

Activity id (as used by the Afriset MCP): fintech:SWITCHING

Payment System Operator

Bank of Zambia · 0 entities · source date 2026-04-08

Source: Bank of Zambia (Act text via ZambiaLII)

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