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African fintech unicorn, Flutterwave has announced its agreement with Discover® Global Network, a global payment network that processes billions of transactions annually and partner across the industry to power payments globally, to further drive payment acceptance for both local and international e-commerce merchants. This would enable the merchants to have access to over 270 million cardholders across the globe, a growing card scheme and a global network accepted in over 200 countries and territories.
Discover Global Network includes cards from Discover, Diners Club International and PULSE® and more than 20 alliance partner networks including relationships in Brazil, South Korea, India, Turkey and Nigeria. The partnership meets a real demand from both local and foreign cardholders to be able to include their card as their saved mode of payment for their online accounts with the merchants on Flutterwave to accumulate the points and other benefits associated with their preferred card.

Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, Founder and CEO, Flutterwave said: “Our mission is to simplify payments for businesses, in doing this, we open up opportunities for expansion and growth for these businesses. In partnering with Discover® Global Network, we knew we would be able to drive revenue growth for our merchants, because of the Discover® Global Network global reach and coverage.”
“Our cardholders wish to use their preferred card seamlessly across platforms, and this partnership with Flutterwave will help meet customer demand by expanding acceptance at e-commerce merchants across the globe,” said Matt Sloan, Vice President of International Markets, Discover® Global Network.
Flutterwave, founded in 2016 by a team of African finance and technology veterans from Standard Bank, PayPal, Google Wallet amongst others, has grown to become one of the fastest growing payments companies in the world. Since its inception, Flutterwave has processed close to $2 billion in payments and 25 million transactions across over 33 African countries where it currently operates. The fintech has raised a total funding amount of $234.7million with the latest funding from a Series C round on March 9,2021.
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