About Us

Bridgecard Inc. is a Nigerian financial technology company founded in 2021.

We simplify the process for African companies to provide their customers or employees with a card that bears the Mastercard or Visa logo and can be used globally.

We offer APIs, licenses, and compliance coverage to enable these businesses to issue cards to their customers. This allows them to concentrate on managing their operations while we take care of all the banking connections.

We are transforming the financial services industry in developing economies by providing tailored card issuance for fintech companies, fundamental banking systems, international accounts, and cutting-edge blockchain technology.

Bridgecard offers card-issuing services with APIs that allow you to issue virtual and physical cards to your users in Nigeria and across Africa. Sign up and request access to our environment, then start issuing Mastercard or VISA cards to your users after testing.

Bridgecard makes it easy for any FinTech company to issue their customers a card that will carry a MasterCard or Visa logo and work anywhere in the world.

Bridgecard

• Headquarters: Lagos, Nigeria
• Founded 05/2021
• Employees: 2-10
• Locations: Available in Nigeria 🇳🇬, Kenya 🇰🇪, Egypt 🇪🇬, South Africa 🇿🇦, and 15+ more countries.

Our Mission

Our mission is to revolutionize financial services in Africa by providing:

• Card issuing for Fintechs: Bridgecard acts as a program manager, enabling Fintech companies to easily issue Mastercard or Visa cards to their customers that work anywhere globally.

• Global Accounts: Bridgecard offers solutions for managing international finances

Our Services

• Card issuing for Fintechs: Bridgecard acts as a program manager, enabling Fintech companies to easily issue Mastercard or Visa cards to their customers that work anywhere globally. We issue virtual and physical cards, that allow up to $10,000 in monthly spending anywhere in Africa.
• Opening of Global Accounts: Bridgecard offers solutions for managing international finances

Our Features

Improve your business and attract more customers with our cutting-edge features such as

1. Authorizations

You have the option to either approve or reject card transactions from your users, giving you flexibility in managing their activities.

2. Tokenization

Our cards' tokenization feature allows your users to easily use their cards with Apple Pay or Google Pay.

3. 3D Security

The majority of online websites mandate that payment cards from the African region must be 3D secure.

Our cards are already enrolled for 3D security, ensuring that your users can benefit from improved acceptance rates and have their cards protected.

4. Profit on Interchanges

Your company can begin to discover profits from interchange fees on every transaction your clients initiate.

Benefits of Bridgecard

1. Transaction Enrichment:

Our Transaction Enrichment feature enhances the transaction records of your users by offering comprehensive details about their spending history.

2. Rewards

Our Rewards-as-a-Service API enhances your customers' card spending by offering discounts, coupons, and promotional codes from leading international retailers.

3. Potential Spend Notification

Our Potential Spend Notification algorithm (PSN) provides valuable insights into user spending behaviors for your company, enabling effective marketing and revenue growth.

Key Facts

• Bridgecard (Bridgecard Inc.) is a financial technology company that acts as a card program distributor, but not a bank.
• Banking services are provided by licensed banks and electronic money service providers.
• The cards are issued by a licensed bank and Member of the FDIC under license by Mastercard International Inc and Visa U.S.A. Inc.
• Bridgecard has issued partnership agreements with multiple bank partners in different countries and this is how we're able to issue cards across multiple countries.