15 | FinTech Awards 2025 Most Innovative Fintech Company 2025 – Africa Maplerad is a pioneering innovator committed to empowering businesses in building, sending, receiving, and managing payments globally through a single powerful infrastructure. We explore this award-winning global payment infrastructure with an African heart as Maplerad celebrates its win in our FinTech Awards 2025. From global enterprises to startups taking their first steps, Maplerad is an outstanding partner for AI-powered stablecoin and fiat payment solutions that can help them in all of their financial endeavours. After successfully establishing Wirepay in Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya in 2020, Co-Founders Miracle Anyanwu and Obinna Chukwujioke found their app to be a quick success for cross-border fiat and cryptocurrency payments. Approaching their pre-seed funding round in 2021, the dynamic duo found themselves being supported by external businesses which sought the same backend powering Wirepay was built with. Its seed round, led by Valar Ventures in 2022, raised $6M at a $30M valuation. This truly solidified the company’s solution on the map, but the best was still to come. In 2023, Maplerad surpassed $100M in transaction volume. Expanding to Cameroon following the rapid and dedicated use of its solutions, Maplerad works with FinTech companies, marketplaces, on-demand services, and SMEs of all kinds across an ever-growing list of countries across the continent while also impacting global payment infrastructures. Holding PCI-DSS and ISO-27001 certifications and operating under rigorous KYC, AML, and CFT systems, while always leveraging secure banking relationships, Maplerad is a trusted provider of solutions that keep fraud and risk in check throughout every transaction. Offering multi-currency wallets enabling customers to send, receive, and store money, instant global payouts to bank accounts, virtual USD cards for spending and bulk issuing, and so much more, Maplerad has much to share with customers. Staying true to its mission to fuel ambition and break financial borders for businesses across Africa, Maplerad is the perfect partner for businesses looking for bespoke solutions for each of their challenges. The team at Maplerad work tirelessly together to achieve more for businesses across the region as they know that traditional finance across Africa is fragmented. As each country, currency, and license present hurdles for its users, Maplerad consistently pushes to unify complexity with a single API so that businesses can launch their own services, solutions, and features in moments instead of months. Extending its power even further, Maplerad also supports businesses with managing licenses, compliance, and banking relationships to the highest degree – freeing up time and delivering peace of mind at every turn. Maplerad has experienced 99.9% uptime and over 3,000 businesses join its movement for global accounts with mobile money capabilities, nearinstant payouts, and robust data and reporting tools coming part and parcel with every adaptable feature. Its core products – from multi-currency wallets and accounts to instant virtual USD cards and bulk issuing, global FX and transfers to on-demand account issuance, and identity and compliance tools – Maplerad helps businesses to take control of their finances and their daily operations. Even if you’re just starting out, there’s a way to scale up your business with Maplerad’s financial technology solutions. We’re delighted to bestow the company with its accolade for 2025, especially as it is setting the pace for FinTech companies no matter the location. Maplerad is truly a powerhouse for payment infrastructure and we’re sure its impact will ripple out around the world for the years to come. Company: Maplerad Limited Website: https://maplerad.com/ Africa’s Payment Infrastructure Powerhouse
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