OPay wins Most Innovative Fintech award

A financial institution, OPay, has won the Most Innovative Fintech of the Year award adjudged by Vanguard Newspapers.  During the announcement of the winner, OPay was the only fintech to be awarded at the prestigious event. According to a statement, this recognition underscores the firm’s groundbreaking contributions to financial inclusion, security, and digital payment solutions […]

A financial institution, OPay, has won the Most Innovative Fintech of the Year award adjudged by Vanguard Newspapers. 

During the announcement of the winner, OPay was the only fintech to be awarded at the prestigious event.

According to a statement, this recognition underscores the firm’s groundbreaking contributions to financial inclusion, security, and digital payment solutions in Nigeria.

Receiving the award, Elizabeth Wang, CCO of OPay, expressed appreciation, dedicating the award to its customers.

“We are deeply honored to be recognised as the Fintech Company of the Year. 

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“This award reaffirms our vision of creating a secure, inclusive, and innovative financial ecosystem for every Nigerian. We dedicate this achievement to our loyal customers who inspire us every day to do better,” the statement read.

It added that the award celebrates the firm’s relentless innovation in advancing financial technology and security. 

It highlighted that with cutting-edge features like Large Transaction Shield for enhanced security and NightGuard for restricted account access during the night’s vulnerable hours, the firm continues to revolutionise the fintech landscape.

“This is further corroborated by the recent widespread positive reviews on social media from thousands of OPay users further highlighting the platform’s innovative edge. 

“Features such as network status notifications before transfers, double verification to prevent transfer errors, facial verification for transactions, lightning-fast transfers, quick in-app customer service resolutions and many more have set OPay apart as Nigeria’s most innovative fintech,” the statement read.