Ola Oyetayo on Building Licensed Cross-Border Payments for Africa
Description
What does it take to build an enterprise-grade cross-border payments platform across Africa? In this episode, Samora Kariuki sits down with Ola Oyetayo, CEO of Verto—a licensed B2B payments platform moving billions monthly with corridor-level precision.
Topics covered include:
FX liquidity gaps and price discovery across African markets
Why compliance is a growth enabler, not a bottleneck
The operational discipline required to build trust in high-risk corridors
Where stablecoins fit in (and where they don’t)
The future of local currency convertibility and overlooked markets like the DRC
For fintech builders, investors, and policymakers seeking clarity on what real infrastructure looks like beyond the hype, this episode offers a rare, licensed view from the inside.
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