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Imagine you're leaving your home for a trip. You’d lock all your doors, and in some cases, even the windows. You wouldn’t want intruders to find an easy access point, especially in your absence.

Paystack’s mission is to accelerate commerce across Africa. We operate in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, and we’re always in active conversation with regulators, financial institutions, and other partners to offer fast, secure, reliable payments tools to more businesses, in more countries.

From the small airtime kiosk in Kumasi, Ghana, to the corner pharmacy in Ejigbo, Nigeria, a network of agents forms the backbone of the financial system that makes payments possible in Africa.

Paystack Terminal helps modern teams in Africa build custom, delightful in-person payments experiences that keep customers coming back. Following the launch of Physical Terminal almost a year ago, we’re excited to announce Virtual Terminal, which helps businesses accept blazing fast in-person payments at scale, and with ZERO hardware costs.

How the Paystack Design team created Chairman, the Paystack FM mascot

Three years ago, we introduced Paystack Virtual Accounts, auto-generated bank accounts that allow businesses in Nigeria accept bank transfer payments from customers.