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Payment System Operators — Rwanda

The Rwanda category mapped to payment switching / interoperability infrastructure. Regulator: National Bank of Rwanda. The BNR Licensed Institutions register carries a 'Payment System Operators' section (RSwitch Limited) under Law N° 061/2021 of 14/10/2021 governing payment systems - CORRECTING the earlier research finding of 'no switching category in Rwanda' (which considered Regulation 74/2023 alone). Operate-a-payment-system definition is infrastructure-only -> single-mapped to SWITCHING per the dual-map rule (same statutory operator-vs-provider split as UG/ZM). Human-reviewed 2026-07-02.

Source currency: National Bank of Rwanda's official list is dated 2025-11-01 — the most recent official publication; verify current status directly with National Bank of Rwanda. Entries below are as reported by that list — not a statement of current status.

As of 2025-11-01 · source: National Bank of Rwanda · 1 entities

# Provider Status (as reported) Licensed / granted Source
1 RSwitch Limited licensed National Bank of Rwanda · as of 2025-11-01

The equivalent in other markets

Categories mapped to the same normalized activity (fintech:SWITCHING):