The Regulated Blockchain Network for Reliable, Frictionless, Interoperable, Payments
Total raised: $8.5M
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| 13.10.2025 | Alter VC | alter.vc |
| 21.12.2022 | Timon Capi... | timoncapit... |
| 26.12.2024 | TLcom Capi... | tlcomcapit... |
| 01.12.2023 | Tofino Cap... | tofinocap.... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 25.03.2024 | Seed | $8.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 22
| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.05.2025 | Leading Payment Terminal Service Providers (PTSP), Accelerex & ITEX join Zone’s blockchain network | Nigeria’s PTSPs embrace blockchain-powered payments to drive efficiency, reliability, and real-time settlements Two of Nigeria’s leading payment service providers, Accelerex and ITEX, have joined leading banks and fintechs on Zone’s regulat... |
| 09.04.2025 | “Regulated blockchain is the next step of evolution in financial services” — Zone’s Obi Emetarom | On March 12, 2025, Mohammed Idris, Nigeria’s information minister published an opinion piece on Cointelegraph, a crypto-focused publication, where he sounded clearly that the country is taking a more receptive approach to blockchain technol... |
| 24.01.2025 | PalmPay and Zone: A New Era of Payment Reliability in Africa | In the bustling world of fintech, partnerships can spark revolutions. The recent alliance between PalmPay and Zone is a prime example. This collaboration promises to reshape the payment landscape across Africa, enhancing reliability and sec... |
| 22.01.2025 | PalmPay Joins Zone’s Regulated Blockchain Network to Enhance Payment Reliability | With Over 1,200,000 Agents & Merchants, PalmPay is Leveraging Blockchain technology to Strengthen Transaction Reliability Lagos, Nigeria – [22nd January] – Zone, Africa’s fastest-growing payment infrastructure company, is pleased to ann... |
| 22.01.2025 | PalmPay Joins Zone’s Regulated Blockchain Network to Enhance Payment Reliability | Zone, Africa's fastest-growing payment infrastructure company is pleased to announce that PalmPay, one of Africa’s leading fintech platforms for payment, has joined its decentralized payment network. This integration with Zone’s regulated b... |
| 11.09.2024 | Zone Expands Its Decentralized Payment Network with Leading Fintechs; Baxi by Onafriq, FairMoney Microfinance Bank, and KongaPay | Lagos, Nigeria – (11th September) – Zone, Africa’s fastest-growing payment infrastructure company, today announces that three prominent Fintechs across diverse verticals of the payments industry, have joined other leading banks and fintechs... |
| 20.08.2024 | Zone, NIBSS partner to use blockchain to record POS payments | Zone, a Nigerian blockchain-enabled payments infrastructure, has partnered with the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Scheme (NIBSS) to introduce blockchain technology to Point-of-sale (POS) terminal payments. The partnership will allow partic... |
| 16.07.2024 | The future of digital payments: emerging technologies and opportunities | Payments, the backbone of the financial services industry, have rapidly evolved in the past few years, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. In Africa, digital payments were once a blip in an otherwise cash-based economy, but with increas... |
| 10.07.2024 | Zenith Bank, First Bank and UBA Join Other Banks on Zone’s Decentralized Payment Network. | Tier-1 Banks Join Africa’s First Regulated Blockchain Network for Payments. Lagos, Nigeria – July 10, 2024 – Zone, Africa’s fastest-growing payment infrastructure company today, announces that three of Africa’s largest and most prominent fi... |
| 05.06.2024 | Zone Launches Decentralized POS Payment Gateway | Set To Eliminate Failure Points, Chargebacks, and Chargeback Fraud. Lagos, Nigeria, 5th June 2024 – Zone, Africa’s fast-growing payment infrastructure company has announced the launch of its highly anticipated POS Payment Gateway product bu... |
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