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Lipa Payments Supports Financial Inclusion in Africa With Digital Payments
South Africa-based fintech Lipa Payments has launched ‘Tap to Pay’, a digital payment solution, enabling merchants to accept contactless payments from a mobile phone.
Lipa partners with banks and fintechs to enable accessible payments for merchants, even if they have low-end mobile phones. The company aims to solve the problem of informal areas not having access to payments systems in the digital age.
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