Who can process payments in Ethiopia?
19 entities are on the official National Bank of Ethiopia register under the Ethiopia licence category this dataset maps to payment processing ("Payment System Operator (POS & Payment Gateway Operator)"). The full, source-linked list is below.
Maintained: this official source is re-checked on a weekly schedule — last checked 2026-08-04 · changed 2026-08-04.
“Payment processing” here is the normalized activity: Provide payment processing / payment solution services without holding customer funds. Providers in this category cannot keep customers' money.
Activity id (as used by the Afriset MCP): fintech:PAYMENT_PROCESSING
Payment System Operator (POS & Payment Gateway Operator)
National Bank of Ethiopia · 19 entities · source not dated- Addis Pay Financial Technology S.C
- AdmasPay Financial Technology S.C
- AfroPay Digital Financial Technology S.C
- Arif pay Financial Technology S.C
- Beqelal Financial Technology S.C
- BirrLink Financial Technologies S.C
- Cashflow Financial Technologies S.C
- Chapa Financial Technology S.C
- EPay Financial Services S.C
- Fenanpay Solutions S.C
- FinPay Digital Financial Solution S.C
- KisPay Financial Solutions S.C
- LakiPay Financial Technologies S.C
- PawaPay Digital Financial Services S.C
- Santim Pay Financial Technology S.C
- StarPay Financial Service S.C
- Sunpay Financial Solutions S.C
- Timeless Pay Tech Solutions S.C
- Yagout Pay Financial Technology S.C
Source: National Bank of Ethiopia
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