Mastercard and Smile ID to Scale Digital Identity Across Africa

Mastercard And Smile ID To Scale Digital Identity Across Africa

Mastercard has extended its strategic commercial partnership with Smile ID, an identity verification provider in Africa to accelerate the rollout of secure digital identity solutions across the continent. This partnership will enable banks, fintechs, mobile money operators and other enterprises to onboard new customers faster, reducing identity fraud and expanding access to

Mastercard and Smile ID join forces to expand digital identity in Africa

Mastercard partners with Smile ID to expand secure digital identity in Africa. Learn how the collaboration drives inclusion and prevents fraud.

Smile ID partners with Mastercard to fight fraud and boost inclusion

Mastercard, the global payments leader, and Smile ID, an African identity verification provider, have strengthened their partnership to accelerate the adoption of secure digital identity solutions across the continent. The collaboration aims to address challenges around fraud prevention and financial inclusion by enabling banks, FinTechs, telecoms and mobile money operators to onboard customers more efficiently. By combining Mastercard’s global …

Mastercard and Smile ID to scale digital identify across Africa

Partnership combines Mastercard’s global payments network with Smile ID’s capabilities to combat fraud and expand financial inclusion across Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa, 25th September 2025: Mastercard has extended its strategic commercial partnership with Smile ID, an identity verification provider in Africa, to accelerate the rollout of secure digital identity solutions across the continent. This partnership […]

Smile ID's Exclusive Deal With Mastercard Comes With A Minority Investment

African digital identity verification provider Smile ID has secured a minority investment from Mastercard while also expanding its strategic partnership with the global payments giant to scale its anti-fraud technology across the continent, the companies said on Thursday. The deal will see Smile ID’s tools, which verify identities against government data and other local sources, integrated into Mastercard’s digital platforms. This will allow Smi…

Mastercard and Smile ID to scale Digital Identity Across Africa - SME Tech Guru

Mastercard has extended its strategic commercial partnership with Smile ID, an identity verification provider in Africa to accelerate the rollout of secure digital identity solutions across the continent. This partnership will enable banks, fintechs, mobile money operators and other enterprises to onboard new customers faster, reducing identity fraud and expanding access to the financial system. It combines Mastercard’s global insights and Ident…