Zazu partners with Visa to launch online business accounts for SMEs in Morocco

In short

Zazu, a pan-African digital bank for small and medium-sized businesses, has partnered with Visa to launch online business accounts in Morocco.

The product includes Visa Business cards and tools for invoicing, payment links, and expense tracking.

What happened

Zazu said Visa is now embedded in its financial operating system for SMEs, meaning Zazu can issue Visa Business cards locally and connect customers to Visa’s global payments network.

The company is positioning the account as an all-in-one setup. Instead of using separate tools for banking, cards, invoices, and team spending, businesses can manage them from one dashboard.

To open an account, Moroccan businesses complete KYC checks, which is the identity verification process banks use to confirm who a customer is. After onboarding, businesses can create invoices and payment links, which are shareable URLs customers can click to pay.

Zazu said payments made through invoices or links are automatically reconciled, meaning the system matches incoming payments to the right invoice without manual follow-up. It also said this gives SMEs real-time visibility into money coming in and going out.

The launch follows Zazu’s $1 million pre-seed raise announced in December 2025, which it said would support rollout in South Africa and Morocco.

Why it matters

Moroccan SMEs often juggle bank accounts, card issuing, invoicing, and expense approvals across different providers. Bundling these services can reduce admin time and make cash flow easier to track.

For Zazu, partnering with Visa can speed up card issuance and improve acceptance for business spending, especially for online purchases and cross-border payments. It also signals that more SME-focused fintechs are building full stacks, not just payments, as competition in Fintech deepens.

Source: TechCabal