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Ingenico Group supports GHIPSS to deepen financial inclusion in Ghana

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payments, has developed a strong partnership with Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS)

People don’t have to travel a long distance to have access to their funds

PARIS, France, July 8, 2016/APO/ --

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING) (www.Ingenico.com), the global leader in seamless payments, has developed for the past years a strong partnership with Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS) to extend electronic transactions to unbanked and underbanked populations in Ghana thanks to its biometric point of sale device.

As part of its financial inclusion strategy, GhIPSS, a subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana, launched the biometric smart card banking and retail system to promote cashless financial services. “We were looking for a simple and secure solution to make electronic transactions an easy and uncomplicated experience for the unbanked and underbanked population who remain reluctant to use banking services”, explained Archie Hesse, CEO of GhIPSS. “Ingenico Group designed a new bio-based POS to bring the bank to remote areas. People don’t have to travel a long distance to have access to their funds”.

GhIPSS, jointly with Rural Financial Institutions and Agent Networks, deployed the Ingenico Group biometry smart terminal; one single device to provide banking, retail and value-added services based on a biometric card which requires the holder’s fingerprint for authentication. So far, about 6,000 smart terminals have been deployed in Ghana to enable payment, salary disbursement, cash out, bill payment as well as other financial services by simply using fingerprints for authentication. As a result, this quick and secure user experience helped build trust in the financial ecosystem and created long-lasting financial habits among the program beneficiaries.

 “To support Financial Inclusion, our strategy has been to turn our new smart terminal into a secure workstation to address both the banked and the unbanked populations”, commented Rachid Oulad Akdim, Managing Director for Ingenico Africa. “We are proud to be GhIPSS’s partner on this successful program. The solution allowed every agent to become an efficient financial inclusion enabler to address the cash dependent population.”

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ingenico Group.

Contacts

Ingenico Group
Coba TAILLEFER
External Communications Manager
coba.taillefer@ingenico.com 
T./ +33 1 58 01 89 62    Ingenico Group – Africa

Mouna FOUILLADE
Africa Marketing & Communications Director
mouna.fouillade@ingenico.com
T. / +33 1 58 01 85 78

About Ingenico Group
Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING) (www.Ingenico.com) is the global leader in seamless payment, providing smart, trusted and secure solutions to empower commerce across all channels, in-store, online and mobile. With the world’s largest payment acceptance network, we deliver secure payment solutions with a local, national and international scope. We are the trusted world-class partner for financial institutions and retailers, from small merchants to several of the world’s best known global brands. Our solutions enable merchants to simplify payment and deliver their brand promise.
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About Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS)
GhIPSS is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana with the mandate to develop and manage electronic payment systems for the financial services industry in Ghana. GhIPSS is spearheading the migration of payments from predominantly cash to electronic alternatives and the use of technology to bring about financial inclusion. GhIPSS currently manages four (4) main electronic payment platforms namely; Cheque Codeline Clearing System, Automated Clearing House (ACH) Systems, Biometric based Proprietary Smartcard Payment and Banking System-e-zwich and a Central Switch for Interbank Payment Switching and Processing of Domestic Cards- gh-link™.

www.ghipss.com