4 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Flutterwave
Published: 2019-09-26 19:34:24


In modern times, rapid transformations arise quite often. One of such rapid changes you may have noticed is how little or no effort is needed to make or receive payments, all thanks to the advent of digital financial services. Flutterwave is a payment platform that is leading with innovation, advancing financial technologies and providing solutions for seamless and fluent payments across Africa and the rest of the world. Check https://flutterwave.com

In the last three years, Flutterwave has changed the way business is done globally with its profound mission of creating a new wave of prosperity across Africa by building payments infrastructure that connects Africa to the global economy. In a short span of its operation, an array of businesses in Africa have been digitally included in a progressively growing world economy. This sort of impact makes it imperative to bring forward these 4 things you probably didn’t about Flutterwave.
 
Come, let’s explore each of them together!

Rave by Flutterwave

Rave is fully managed and operated by Flutterwave, it is the right payment partner for you to build your business in an often challenging African market. With Rave, you can open your business to new opportunities and accept payments from customers anywhere in the world. Rave is extensively sorted after for its ease, speed and functionalities when setting up your business, most importantly, it supports payment in Naira, US Dollar, Euro, British Pound etc., and accepts a range of payment methods including:

Card Payments – Mastercard, Verve card and Visa card are all supported on Rave, giving your business an edge to accept payment from customers in more than 150 countries. 

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You need not worry if the majority of your customers in South Africa, U.S and Nigeria, they can all pay you directly from their bank account or mobile wallet.
Mobile wallet payment is available for customers using MTN, M-PESA, M-Cash TIGO Vodafone etc. can all pay you directly.

Rave is cost-effective, it has an all in one dashboard and managed by Flutterwave to provide a 24/7 support to resolve all queries or issue. As an individual, a registered business or even a non-profit organization you can get a free Rave account here https://rave.flutterwave.com/signup and start receiving payments in less than 5 minutes.

Managing your finance is better and smarter on the barter app

Flutterwave’s Barter app is a must-have to gain control over your spending habit. It provides a detailed report on your spending patterns, providing you with insights on how to make better financial decisions. 

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It is a more convenient way to send money, pay back a friend, request for lunch money or apply for a short-term loan. Smart reminders on your recurring payments and subscriptions are made available to you, helping you to better manage payments and recurrent bills. 

You can build on Flutterwave

More than 1200 developers build on Flutterwave’s Developer’s playground, so why not you? The focus isn’t only about building a strong technology, but one with a flexible infrastructure that provides you with your desired payment experience. On this playground, you’ve got access to a community of some of the best innovative engineers, libraries, SDK’s and plugins to enable you build a payment technology that is standard, reliable and secured. 
 
Most businesses you know, partner with Flutterwave

Uber, has this to say about Flutterwave – “With Flutterwave, it’s a one-time set up to take care of all your payment processing needs.” Lack of infrastructure to manage verification of transactions and how to accept and payout in local currencies were some of the concerns raised by Uber before entering the African terrain, however, this was handled with ease with Flutterwave’s solid and secure integrated payment platform.



OgaExpress, Flywire, Jumia, Transferwise and Booking.com and many other businesses have partnered with Flutterwave in growing the global community.
Let’s end this article by quoting the co-founder of Flutterwave, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, in an interview with Y-Combinator.  “I really want us to be the company that makes it possible for the world’s best internet companies to launch in Africa or launch from Africa from day one. Africa and Africans deserve to be fully included in the new global economy powered by the internet. I go to work every day so Flutterwave can make that possible.”

Read the full interview here: https://blog.ycombinator.com/flutterwave/