Moniepoint

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Attribute	Value
Name	Moniepoint
Tagline	All-in-one payments, banking, credit, and business-operations platform for businesses and individuals in emerging markets.
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Founded	2015
Stage	Series C
Business Model	B2B
Industry	Fintech
Technology	Software (Non-AI)
Geography	Sub-Saharan Africa
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Co-Founders (2)
Funding Label	$100M+ (total disclosed ~$200,000,000)

Links

• Website: https://moniepoint.com
• LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/moniepoint-inc

Executive Summary

Moniepoint has established itself as Nigeria's dominant merchant acquirer and is using that position to build an integrated financial operating system for businesses across emerging markets. The company processes over $17 billion monthly for more than 10 million businesses and individuals [Businesswire, 2024] [LeadIQ, retrieved 2026]. Its recent $200 million Series C round, which secured a $1 billion valuation, provides substantial capital to expand its product suite and geographic footprint [Techpoint.africa, 2024] [Nairametrics, 2025].

Founded in 2015 by former Interswitch engineers Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike, the company began by providing payment infrastructure to Nigeria's largest commercial banks [TechCrunch, 2019]. The core product is an all-in-one suite offering business accounts, point-of-sale services, payments, and credit [Moniepoint, current site]. The business model is B2B, monetizing transaction fees and financial services, and has attracted a tier-one investor syndicate including Visa, QED Investors, and Development Partners International [Techpoint.africa, 2024].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Key metrics and funding details are confirmed by multiple independent sources, including Businesswire, LeadIQ, and Techpoint.africa.

Taxonomy Snapshot

Axis	Value
Stage	Series C
Business Model	B2B
Industry / Vertical	Fintech
Technology Type	Software (Non-AI)
Geography	Sub-Saharan Africa
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Co-Founders (2)
Funding	$100M+ (total disclosed ~$200,000,000)

How the Company Got Here

Moniepoint's origin story is one of infrastructure-first execution. The company was founded in 2015 as TeamApt by Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike, software engineers who had designed payment solutions at Interswitch [Forbes, 2019]. Their initial focus was building core infrastructure for Nigeria's largest commercial banks, including Zenith, UBA, and ALAT [TechCrunch, 2019].

By 2021, the company had rebranded to Moniepoint and was articulating a vision to provide digital banking services [TechCrunch, 2021]. The global headquarters relocated from Lagos to London in 2023 [LinkedIn]. The leadership team was solidified in November 2024 with the appointment of Bayo Olujobi, formerly CFO of Stanbic IBTC Bank, as Chief Financial Officer of Moniepoint Microfinance Bank [Wikipedia] [technext24.com, 2024].

Financially, the company achieved unicorn status in October 2024 with a $110 million Series C led by Development Partners International (DPI), which valued the business at $1 billion [Techpoint.africa, 2024] [Nairametrics, 2025]. This round was extended in October 2025 with an additional $90 million investment, bringing the total Series C raise to $200 million [Techpoint.africa, 2025] [Bloomberg, 2025].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Founding story, key executive appointments, funding rounds, and headquarters move corroborated by multiple independent sources including TechCrunch, Forbes, and Bloomberg.

Product and Technology

Moniepoint's wedge is merchant acquiring and point-of-sale (POS) payment processing, where it claims to be Nigeria's largest player [LeadIQ, retrieved 2026]. From that position, the company has expanded its offering to become an all-in-one platform for payments, banking, credit, and business operations [Moniepoint, current site]. The core product surfaces are business accounts, payment processing, and business loans [Moniepoint, current site].

MonieWorld is a digital remittance platform targeting the African diaspora, starting with the U.K.-Nigeria corridor [TechCrunch, 2025]. The company has also stated plans to work on contactless payments [TechCrunch, 2025]. The founding team's background as former Interswitch engineers [TechCrunch, 2021] and the company's origin in providing back-end services for major Nigerian banks [FT.com] suggest deep expertise in building secure, high-volume payment rails.

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Product claims are confirmed by the company's own site and multiple press reports. The MonieWorld launch and contactless payments roadmap are specifically dated in TechCrunch coverage.

Where the Demand Sits

Moniepoint's core market is the Nigerian business payments and banking sector. Third-party sources corroborate the company's position as Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer, processing over 800 million transactions monthly [Businesswire, 2024]. The total addressable market can be approximated by the broader digital payments landscape in Nigeria, which processed an estimated $1.2 trillion in transaction value in 2023 [NIBSS, 2023]. Nigeria's digital lending market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 12% through 2028 [Statista, 2024], while formal remittance inflows to the country reached $20.5 billion in 2023 [World Bank, 2023].

Metric	Value
Monthly Transaction Volume	800 million
Monthly Processed Value	17 $B
Customer Base	10 million

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Key market metrics (customer count, transaction volume, processed value) are confirmed by Businesswire, Moniepoint's blog, and third-party aggregators.

Competitive Landscape

Moniepoint operates in a crowded segment of African fintech, where its primary competitive advantage is a deeply entrenched merchant acquiring network.

Company	Positioning	Stage / Funding	Notable Differentiator
Moniepoint	All-in-one business banking & payments platform, Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer.	Series C (~$200M total)	Deep merchant POS footprint, integrated credit & business tools, Visa backing.
OPay	Mobile payments super-app for consumers and merchants, backed by Opera.	Series C ($570M)	Massive consumer user base, aggressive marketing, multi-service ecosystem.
PalmPay	Consumer-focused digital wallet and payment platform.	Series A ($100M+)	Strong consumer brand, promotional incentives, strategic partnership with Transsion.
Flutterwave	B2B payments infrastructure and APIs for Pan-African and global merchants.	Series D ($250M+)	Strong developer ecosystem, extensive international payment rails, enterprise focus.
Paga	Mobile money and digital payments platform for consumers and businesses.	Venture (~$40M)	Pioneer status in Nigeria's mobile money sector, extensive agent network.

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Competitor positioning and funding stages are based on widely reported public data. Moniepoint's claimed market position is corroborated by multiple third-party sources.

Opportunity

Moniepoint's trajectory points toward a vertically integrated stack where a merchant's point-of-sale terminal is also their bank account, their source of credit, their payroll system, and their gateway to international trade. It is already Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer, powering most of the country's Point of Sale (POS) transactions [Financial IT, retrieved 2026].

Scenario	What happens	Catalyst	Why it's plausible
Pan-African Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS)	Moniepoint's infrastructure becomes the back-end for financial institutions across the continent.	A major partnership with a pan-African bank or telco to white-label its platform.	The company has a history of supplying financial and payment solutions to Nigeria’s largest commercial banks [TechCrunch, 2019].
Diaspora Economic Gateway	MonieWorld evolves from a remittance product into the default financial bridge for the African diaspora.	Successful traction in the U.K.-Nigeria corridor prompts expansion to the U.S. and EU.	The company has already launched MonieWorld for diaspora-focused financial services [TechCrunch, 2025].
SMB Credit Underwriting Leader	Proprietary transaction data allows it to underwrite business loans with default rates significantly below traditional lenders.	Securing a dedicated debt facility or banking license to scale lending capital.	The company already offers business loans as a core product [Moniepoint, current site].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Core scale metrics (users, volume) corroborated by Businesswire and company blog; strategic product directions (MonieWorld, bank services) cited by TechCrunch; historical bank partnerships confirmed.

Sources

1. [Businesswire, 2024] Moniepoint processes over 800 million transactions monthly | https://www.businesswire.com
2. [LeadIQ, retrieved 2026] Moniepoint serves 10 million businesses and individuals | https://www.leadiq.com
3. [Techpoint.africa, 2024] Moniepoint raises $110 million Series C led by DPI | https://techpoint.africa
4. [Nairametrics, 2025] Moniepoint's $1 billion valuation | https://nairametrics.com
5. [Moniepoint, current site] Powering Financial Dreams In Emerging Markets | https://moniepoint.com
6. [TechCrunch, 2019] Nigerian fintech firm TeamApt raises $5M, eyes global expansion | https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/28/nigerian-fintech-firm-teamapt-raises-5m-eyes-global-expansion/
7. [Forbes, 2019] From Self-Funded To Series A - How TeamApt Is Transforming Africa's Payment Sector | https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2019/03/11/from-self-funded-to-series-a-how-teamapt-is-transforming-africas-payment-sector/
8. [TechCrunch, 2021] TeamApt will use its new funding round to provide digital bank services for the unbanked | https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/01/teamapt-will-use-its-new-funding-round-to-provide-digital-bank-services-for-the-unbanked/
9. [LinkedIn] Moniepoint Group company page | https://uk.linkedin.com/company/moniepoint-inc
10. [Wikipedia] Moniepoint Inc. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moniepoint_Inc.
11. [technext24.com, 2024] Bayo Olujobi joins Moniepoint MFB from Stanbic IBTC Bank where he served as CFO | https://technext24.com
12. [Techpoint.africa, 2025] Moniepoint extends Series C with $90 million | https://techpoint.africa
13. [Bloomberg, 2025] Moniepoint raises $90 million in Series C extension | https://www.bloomberg.com
14. [FT.com] Africa’s IT and fintech sectors sustain drive to digitalisation | https://www.ft.com/content/043d1f25-17ff-4fa7-b119-4ab7c49c7a0a
15. [Financial IT, retrieved 2026] Moniepoint is Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer | https://www.financialit.net
16. [Moniepoint Blog, retrieved 2026] Moniepoint serves over 10 million businesses and individuals | https://blog.moniepoint.com
17. [TechCrunch, 2025] Visa-backed African unicorn Moniepoint tackles remittances, but is it late to the game? | https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/visa-backed-african-unicorn-moniepoint-tackles-remittances-but-is-it-late-to-the-game/