…consumer confidence. In emerging markets especially, developers are at the frontline of fraud prevention, data protection and system resilience. Their decisions determine whether people feel safe to go digital. Summarily, here at Interswitch, we see developers as co-creators of Africa’s payment future, not just users o…

…they press ‘Send’, their money gets there quickly, securely, and reliably.” Addressing fraud prevention, Adekunle outlined OPay’s risk-based security framework, which features in-house tools such as Night Guard, Large Transaction Shield, Emergency Lock, and an AI-powered Anti-Scam Shield. “The best security is the one…

…a major breach. Who loses? Standalone cybersecurity firms. As payment companies bundle fraud prevention, identity, and cybersecurity into a single offering, security becomes another feature of the payments stack rather than a separate product. Mastercard is changing what a payments company is. Every transaction on its…