Unified Financial Operating System for Banks

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Reimagining Digital Banking with BALANCE

Deliver modern financial services from onboarding to transactions within your mobile app, with the UNIFOS Super SDK in the app you already have or as a Standalone App in your brand.

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One Platform, Multiple Retail Banking Services

Digital account onboarding and management, with integrated KYC and soft token authentication

Instant issuance of virtual debit, credit and prepaid cards with Instacard

Accounts linked to the customer’s verified mobile number for easy fund transfers

One payment platform for QR payments, bank transfers, inflows and merchant collections

The Standalone App on BALANCE core banking for microfinance banks and fintechs; the Super SDK on your own core, through IMS, our on-premises Institution Management System, for commercial banks

One Account Platform for Consumers and Merchants

Your teams run every account from the Partner portal: products, pricing, limits and fees in one view. Each change goes live only after a second person approves it.

Digital Accounts for Individuals and Businesses

Loan Accounts and Credit Lifecycle Management

Prepaid and Credit Card Accounts

Reward Points and Redemption Accounts

Open Accounts in Minutes on your own Core or on BALANCE Core

Customers open an account in the app, with no branch visit. You choose where each account lives.

Super SDK · Commercial banks

Your own Core or BALANCE Core, side by side

You keep your core. IMS in your data centre connects it to UNIFOS. You decide which options the customer sees.

  • One check in the app to KYC Level 1: BVN or NIN, liveness, face match and phone OTP
  • On your own core: the verified identity reaches your core by API, and your core opens the account
  • On BALANCE core: a real account in your bank’s name, opened at once
  • The customer sees where the account will live before confirming
Standalone App · Microfinance banks and fintechs

BALANCE underneath, from day one

Every account runs on BALANCE core banking, in your own mobile app and online banking.

  • KYC in the app, with levels the customer climbs alone
  • Personal and business accounts on one core
  • Each account ready to fund the moment it opens
  • Your name and brand on every screen
Open an account: the customer chooses the bank’s core banking or a digital account on BALANCE
Both options on one screen, in your colours.
My accounts: a digital account on BALANCE listed with the customer’s accounts on the bank’s core

Every Account in One Place

My accounts gives each customer one home for every account they hold with you, without touching your core banking system.

Your own core and BALANCE core, together

Accounts on your own core are listed next to new accounts on BALANCE core.

Refresh my accounts

One tap fetches any account opened on your own core since the last refresh.

One home for everything

Add an account, Add Money, transfers, bills, statements and history, for personal and business accounts.

Your bank only

Each customer sees only your bank’s accounts. Nothing is shared with another bank.

Everyday Banking That Stays With You

Customers get the payments they make every day, in your app and on your books.

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Transfers

To any bank, from an account on your own core or on BALANCE core.

02

Add Money

Customers fund their accounts from any bank.

03

Bills and airtime

Airtime, data, electricity, TV, internet and more. Cashback goes back to the account that paid.

04

Save

Savings accounts open in minutes and are ready to fund at once.

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Statements and history

Each account’s statement and full history, any time in the app.

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Business accounts

Owners run the business from the same app. Sales taken with Accepto land in the business account.

Behind the screen

Your core in every payment

For accounts on your own core, IMS holds, captures or releases funds through your posting service.

One instruction per payment

Sender and receiver move together, with no gap between debit and credit.

Instant on the platform

Payments between accounts on the platform settle at once, in a closed loop. Other banks are paid by NIP.

Checked as it happens

Sonar checks every payment before it books.

All-in-One Account Infrastructure for Cards, Lending and Loyalty

Digital Accounts

Prepaid Card Accounts

Credit Card Accounts

Loan Accounts

Reward Points Accounts

Redemption Accounts

Fund Transfers

Digital Payments

Collections and Settlement

Add Money

Spending

Card Controls

Card Statements

Card Statements

Limit Management

Overdue Collections

Card Controls

Spending

Repayments

Loan Repayments

Loan Disbursement

Overdue Collections

Loan Statements

Points Statement

Tailored Loyalty Programme

Earn Points

Spend Redeemed Value

Redeem Points

Partner portal

Your Book, Your Products, Your Controls, Your Compliance

Your operations and compliance teams run BALANCE from the Partner portal: customers, accounts, ledger, reconciliation and compliance in one view.

Partner portal overview: deposits, loans, postings, trial balance and today’s transactions
The core banking overview on the Partner portal.

Customers and accounts

Find any customer and account, with statements and full history.

Products and fees

Set deposit products, limits and fees for every account type.

A ledger that ties

Trial balance, journal and control accounts tied every day.

Reconciliation and settlement

Reconciliation and the settlement hub in one place, tied every day.

Compliance dashboard

Regulatory returns and compliance reports, generated on the platform and ready to file.

Maker-checker and portal PIN

Every change waits for a second approver, and each request is signed with the UNIFOS portal PIN, before it goes live.

Lasting Value for Banks Across Africa

More accounts, sooner. Customers open them in minutes from the app, with KYC they complete on their own.

Deposits stay with you. Customers move money from your app, so balances and fee income stay at your bank.

No core to replace. Commercial banks keep theirs. Microfinance banks and fintechs never need to buy one.

Room to grow. Cards, loans and points run on the same platform, so each customer does more with your bank.

Explore Other Products

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  • ScanPay · Pay by QR
  • Any merchant’s interoperable QR, any bank
  • Static and dynamic QR codes
  • Instacard, BALANCE account or another bank’s card
  • Checkout on merchant sites
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  • Accepto · Merchant Acceptance
  • SoftPOS for contactless payments
  • POS terminals
  • Payment links and online checkout
  • Digital business accounts for settlement
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  • Instacard · Virtual & Universal Cards
  • Virtual and physical card issuance
  • Debit, credit, prepaid and gift cards
  • Universal card
  • Dynamic CVV for online payments
  • Contactless payments with virtual cards
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  • Ace · AI Credit Exchange
  • Three-way underwriting with an AI Checker
  • Loan and credit card origination
  • Portfolio management
  • Collections and repayments
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  • DTS · Dual Transaction Service
  • Virtual credit cards
  • Credit on existing debit cards
  • Collections and repayments
  • Dynamic limit management
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  • Fundu · Agency Banking
  • Cash deposits and withdrawals
  • Bills, airtime and data
  • Universal card pick-up
  • Verified agents only
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  • Verifyed · KYC & Soft Token
  • KYC management
  • Liveness detection and face match
  • BVN, NIN and ID verification
  • Business and address verification
  • Soft token issuance for 2FA
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  • Guida · In-App Assistant
  • Understands requests in multiple languages
  • Guides customers through every product
  • Tickets for disputes, tracked to resolution
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  • Rewa · Loyalty Management
  • Customised reward programmes
  • Reward points and redemption accounts
  • Points, cashback and tiers

Frequently Asked Questions

Customers open digital accounts directly in your app, each linked to their verified mobile number. From it they receive money, transfer, pay bills and buy airtime. Every account is KYC-compliant, for personal and business customers.

Launch the Future First

Launching a digital bank? Adding products to your app? Get your own mobile bank in your brand, or the UNIFOS Super SDK inside your app. Tomorrow’s banking, live today. Launch in weeks, on a revenue share.