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Erika Navarrete, Membership Director, Europe and Emerging Markets
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T: +44 1322 339273

Member of the Month

June and July 2021 - UmojaSwitch Company Limited

UmojaSwitch was established in the year 2006 by six banks with the main purpose being able to establish a joint shared infrastructure for financial services and enjoying the economies of scale. This was after the challenges which faced the small banks in establishing this kind of infrastructure individually. The founding members of UmojaSwitch Company Limited are:

Akiba Commercial Bank Plc
Azania Bank Limited
Bank Of Africa Tanzania Limited
TIB Development Bank (formerly Tanzania Investment Bank Limited)
Twiga Bancorp Limited
DCB Commercial Bank Plc (formerly Dar es Salaam Community Bank Limited)

Eventually, the number of members joining the UmojaSwitch network continued to increase. In the year 2010, the members passed a resolution to transform the consortium into a private company limited by shares. Thus, a new company was incorporated by 2011 by the name UmojaSwitch Company Limited. After these establishments, the following are the other members who joined after the establishment of UmojaSwitch consortium:

Access Bank Tanzania Limited
Advans Bank Limited
Amana Bank Limited
China Commercial Bank
Commercial Bank of Africa (Tanzania) Limited
Efatha Bank Limited
Kagera Farmers Cooperative Bank Limited
Kilimanjaro Cooperative Bank Limited
Maendeleo Bank Limited
Mbinga Community Bank Limited
Meru Community Bank
Mkombozi Commercial Bank Limited
Mufindi Community Bank Limited
Mwanga Community Bank Limited
Njombe Community Bank Limited
NIC Bank Limited
Peoples Bank of Zanzibar
Tanzania Postal Bank
Tanzania Women’s Bank Plc
Uchumi Commercial Bank Limited
United Bank Limited

The aim of establishment was to create a shared platform where financial institutions can integrate and interpolate through a shared switch. Not only that, but also to create a shared based brand that financial institutions will be recognized as a leader in provision of financial services which are convenient, reliable, secured, accessible and affordable to our customers

MISSION AND VISION

To become the largest provider of electronic payment services in the country by providing services which are reliable, affordable and accessible for the benefit and convenience of its members and their customers.

They have been a very loyal member since 2017.

Message from ATMIA CEO

Dear Valued ATMIA Member,

Thank you for your continued support throughout the pandemic disruption we’ve all experienced to some degree or another. The good news is that our industry is gearing up strongly for a reinvention, with Next Gen ATMs on track to be launched in Q4 and ATMIA’s new global ATM hygiene best practices and protocol recently published to enable deployers to provide an additional comfort level for hygiene-conscious ATM users in the “new normal”.

I was proud of ATMIA for transitioning to virtual events until the pandemic is truly over, in order to continue providing excellent educational material by the industry, for the industry – check out our upcoming virtual events here, which you can enjoy from the comfort and safety of your own desk space, comfortably fitting each day’s sessions into your daily workload.

I’m equally proud of the ATM industry for fighting back against the challenge of this once-in-a-century public health emergency. Together, we can keep our industry growing while monitoring the threats we face through our work in the international ATM Security Association.

Let’s continue to protect the present while building the industry’s future. It’s safe in our hands.

Warmest regards,

Mike Lee
CEO
ATMIA
[email protected]

Special Member Offer!!

Become an ATMIA Webinar Sponsor

ATMIA offers live and on-demand webinars to provide interactive and media-rich presentations on current and hot topics for the ATM industry.

We invite you to participate and help us provide the industry original, essential, topical and unbiased information. Webinars will be presented via a web-based tool with an audio component as well. Sessions are 60 minutes and can be attended from your office.

Benefits of Sponsorship:

Increase your marketing exposure to the ATM industry on a regional and international level
Place yourself as a thought leader for the ATM industry
Gain contact information from registered attendees
Continue to receive contact information for leads from the replay of your webinar, on-demand

If you are interested in taking advantage of the great sponsorship opportunity, please contact Amber Howell at [email protected], +1 605 692 2263 or Erika Navarrete at [email protected], + 44 1322 339 273.

Book Your Webinar Today!

CALL FOR PRESS RELEASES FROM MEMBERS!!

We are calling all members to submit stories or press releases for our Africa/Middle East newsletter.

The story can be about more or less anything you choose: a general update on your organisation; a new product; a new market entered; etc,etc.

An ideal package is 250 -300 words (supplied as a text only file, without any images), plus either a company logo and/or photograph (supplied as a separate .jpg or .png file), along with your website address and any contact details you are happy to use.

2 to 3 will be featured every month in our newsletter, and the rest will be posted on our website or will be featured next month.

Please send all articles to Erika Navarrete at [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your stories!