Nigeria’s Opay attains CNBC and Statista global ranking in the Digital Payment Category

OPay Financial Services (Opay) has attained another milestone in the fintech landscape with its CNBC and Statista global ranking among the world’s top 200 fintech companies and the only Nigeria digital platform in the Digital Payment Category.

The Nigerian digital and financial service group has surged to the forefront of the fintech realm to securing an esteemed position as the sole Nigerian digital payments platform on CNBC and Statista’s esteemed ranking with a disruptive financial landscape that is taking the lead in the fintech space.

In a statement, the company said Opay is leading the fintech space around the world, encompassing a diverse spectrum of financial applications.

It said: “This further reinforces our commitment to providing fast, secure, and reliable payment services to our 40 million customers, 100,000 merchants, and 500,000 agents.

“We sincerely appreciate the CNBC and Statista team for the recognition and express our congratulations to the hardworking OPay team.”

CNBC; a global and reputable 24-hour digital television network offering live, global financial market information and programming, and renowned independent market research firm Statista collaborated to curate an extensive list spotlighting companies at the vanguard of crafting innovative, tech-infused financial products and services.

This collaborative effort yielded a compilation of the top 200 fintech companies, employing a meticulously defined methodology to assess companies’ performance across pivotal indicators, encompassing user volume, transaction volumes, and revenues.

Speaking on the development, Head of Marketing at OPay, Adekunle Adeyemi, stated that the firm achieved the feat as a result of the soaring demand for seamless digital payment solutions within Nigeria, which has illuminated OPay’s trajectory to repositioning it as a super fast, secure, and reliable platform for all kinds of financial transactions.