Mastercard partners with Paycode to increase access to financial services

Mastercard’s Community Pass platform will be added to Paycode’s system. This partnership enables offline real-time functionality for government disbursements and access to digital financial services in remote communities.

An estimated 57% of the population in Sub Saharan Africa remains financially excluded while close to 30 per cent remain without a form of identification and 60% of the continent has no internet connectivity, according to reports cited by Mastercard in the press release.

To address these challenges, Mastercard has partnered with African fintech company Paycode to provide both company’s offerings on one biometric smart card that will help increase access to critical services and advance economic inclusion for Africans living in remote communities.