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Payments/CI

Côte d'Ivoire

ISO CI · 3 schemes

Summary

  • Orange Money 45% market (QR payments)
  • MTN MoMo 35% market share
  • Max it app unified platform
  • GIM-UEMOA regional network
  • Moov Africa third operator

Banking landscape

Central Bank

  • Name: BCEAO (Central Bank of West African States)
  • Website: https://www.bceao.int/
  • Role: Regional monetary policy (WAEMU zone)

Major Banks (2024)

Rank Bank Name Type Digital Platform
1 SGCI International SG Mobile
2 BICICI International BICICI App
3 Ecobank CI Pan-African Ecobank Mobile
4 Bank of Africa CI Pan-African BOA Mobile
5 Oragroup Regional Orabank App

Market Structure

  • Orange: 45% market share
  • MTN: 35% market share
  • Moov Africa: Third player
  • WAEMU zone: Shared CFA franc

Payment infrastructure

National Payment Systems

System Operator Type Status
Orange Money Orange Mobile money Dominant
MTN MoMo MTN Mobile money Active
Moov Money Moov Africa Mobile money Active
GIM-UEMOA BCEAO Card network Active

Mobile Money Market

  • Three major operators
  • High penetration
  • Financial inclusion driver
  • Regional leadership

Payment Gateway

  • DPO Pay available
  • MTN MoMo acceptance
  • Orange Money acceptance
  • Visa/Mastercard support

QR code standards

Orange Money QR

Attribute Value
Operator Orange CI
App Max it
Type Merchant QR
Feature Scan and pay

Orange Money Features

  • Control daily expenses
  • Transfer money
  • Buy passes
  • Scan and pay in store
  • Directory or QR code

MTN MoMo QR

  • QR code payments
  • Merchant acceptance
  • Scan to pay
  • Virtual card integration

Mobile payment apps

App Provider QR Features
Max it Orange Yes Full platform
Orange Money Orange Yes Wallet
MTN MoMo MTN Yes Mobile money
Moov Money Moov Limited Transfers

Orange Max it

  • Manage Orange Money wallet
  • Transfer money
  • Pay bills
  • Scan and pay merchants
  • Buy passes
  • Merchant number or QR code

Orange Money App

  • Mobile wallet
  • QR code payments
  • Merchant payments
  • International receive
  • Bill payments

MTN MoMo

  • QR code capability
  • Merchant payments
  • Virtual Mastercard
  • Global network access

Schemes

Scheme Type Symbology Adoption Technical standard
Orange Money QR Mobile QR Max it 45% share orange-money-qr
MTN MoMo Mobile money QR 35% share mtn-momo
GIM-UEMOA Card Regional Active

Sources

Full country report

CI-cote-divoire.md

Schemes

Standards

source · docs/payments/CI/index.md