Democratic Republic of Congo: MainMoney Palm Biometrics Platform to Support DRC’s Financial Inclusion Drive

Source: Biometric Update

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is looking to strengthen its financial inclusion push with MainMoney, a digital payment platform which has been integrated with the country’s national payments infrastructure. Recently, the company launched its palm-based biometrics system in Kinshasa to facilitate digital payments in the Central African country, Bankable Africa reports. 

In 2024, Keyo announced that its palm biometrics system was also integrated by local partner AI.Tech to launch MainMoney, with the aim of facilitating secure digital payments in DRC.

Speaking at the launch of the system, the CEO and Founder of AI.Tech, the company that owns MainMoney, Sylvain Mubenga, underscored the importance of the innovation, saying it will enable individuals to easily make payments by using their palm as a wallet. They will not need to hold a bank card or a smartphone, he said.