A B2B biometric digital identity and offline payments platform for banks, governments, and institutions delivering financial services to unbanked communities.

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Is Paycode Right for You?

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Best For

  • Banks serving unbanked
  • Government cash programmes

What It Does Well

  • Offline payments
  • Biometric identity checks

Things to Check

  • Biometric device needs
  • Offline sync process

About Paycode

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Paycode is a B2B fintech technology provider that delivers a biometric digital identity and digital payments platform for banks, central banks, governments, and organisations serving unbanked and underserved populations in low-connectivity and deep rural areas.

Key capabilities include:

  • Biometric digital identity enrolment in the field, using tablet-based workflows to capture biometrics and KYC data, then issue cards within minutes (operators typically register a person in 5–7 minutes).
  • Offline, real-time transactions and authentication, enabling identity validation and payments without continuous internet or mobile network coverage via secure biometric smart cards or mobile interfaces.
  • Multi-data support and integration, including biometrics, KYC, location data, and health data, designed for use by financial institutions, central banks, governments, and companies within their existing systems.
  • Last mile delivery and proof-of-life use cases, supporting payment distribution and access to services such as cash payouts, pensions and social grants, mobile money, remittances, insurance, microloans, airtime, and electricity.

Available on Web (corporate and solution site).

Targeted at banks, central banks, governments, donor organisations, NGOs, and corporates that need to deliver identity-linked payments and services in areas where identity, connectivity, and cost are persistent barriers.

Notable African deployments and references include Ghana (Bank of Ghana selection of EDAPT for a national payment switching and settlement system), Zambia (farmer subsidy rollout), Mozambique (social grant beneficiary enrolment and payouts), and DRC (biometric ID issuance and tax collection). The company also lists recognition and awards from industry organisations including Citi, IBM, Mastercard, Microsoft, PwC, the IMF, Thales, KPMG, the South African Reserve Bank, Ecobank, and Women’s World Banking.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Paycode

Paycode is a B2B biometric digital identity and offline payments platform that enables banks, governments, and other institutions to deliver financial services to unbanked and underserved communities, especially in low connectivity and rural areas. Field teams register individuals in a few minutes using tablets to capture biometrics and KYC data, issue biometric smart cards, and link them to wallets or accounts so users can make offline, real time transactions that later synchronize with the wider payment system.

Paycode operates across multiple African countries and projects, including Ghana, Zambia, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Botswana, Nigeria, Malawi, and Guinea Conakry, and it has also been used in Afghanistan through a partnership with Afghanistan International Bank. Availability in additional countries depends on specific deployments with banks, governments, and partner institutions.

To get started with Paycode, you typically need to engage with their team as an institutional client rather than signing up as an individual user. You can contact them via the website or by email to discuss your use case and implementation requirements.

Platform specifics for a dedicated mobile app are not publicly confirmed, although Paycode supports mobile interfaces for field enrollment and offline transactions.

Paycode is best suited for banks, central banks, governments, donor organizations, NGOs, and corporates that need to provide identity-linked payments and financial services to unbanked or underserved populations in low connectivity or rural environments. It is particularly relevant for programs like social grants, subsidies, pensions, humanitarian payments, and agent or branchless banking.

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