Payment technology company Remita is set to unveil a new generation mobile application at the 2026 Nigeria Fintech Week as it expands its services to individual consumers and small businesses.
The company will introduce the app during the ninth edition of Nigeria Fintech Week, scheduled to hold from September 22 to 23, where Remita will participate as a sponsor and exhibitor.
The new app marks an expansion of Remita’s consumer-facing offerings, building on the company’s experience providing payment services to businesses, institutions and other organisations.
According to Remita, the application is designed to simplify everyday financial transactions for individuals and small businesses while maintaining the reliability associated with its existing payment infrastructure.
The move comes as Nigeria’s fintech industry enters a more mature phase, with payment companies increasingly under pressure to provide services that can support more complex transactions, improve customer experience and operate reliably at scale.
DeRemi Atanda, managing director, Remita, said the country’s fintech industry now needs to focus not only on expanding adoption but also on building financial infrastructure that consumers and businesses can depend on.
“As fintech becomes more embedded in the economy, the standard changes. We are no longer building only for adoption; we are building dependence,” Atanda said.
He said Nigeria could convert its position as a recognised fintech innovation hub into broader economic value by combining innovation with the resilience and scale required of critical financial infrastructure.
“The opportunity for Nigeria is to build with that level of responsibility in mind, combining innovation with the resilience, intelligence and scale required of financial infrastructure that people and businesses can depend on every day,” he said.
Remita’s participation at the event will be anchored on the theme of this year’s Nigeria Fintech Week, “Legacy in Motion: Powering the Digital Renaissance.”
The event is expected to bring together stakeholders from the financial services, technology, investment, commerce, academia and regulatory sectors to examine the next phase of Nigeria’s digital finance ecosystem.
Remita said its sponsorship also reflects its interest in supporting talent development, mentorship, collaboration and access to opportunities across Nigeria and the wider African fintech ecosystem.
The company said its evolution from an enterprise-focused payment platform into a provider with a stronger consumer offering reflects changes in the payments market, where digital transactions are increasingly integrated into commerce and other everyday services.
The company also pointed to its participation in the ongoing Dangote Refinery initial public offering as part of its recent expansion into consumer-facing financial services.
Atanda said established fintech companies have a role to play in strengthening the industry’s capacity as the market becomes more sophisticated.
“The real strength of an industry becomes visible in what it is capable of sustaining,” he said, adding that questions around infrastructure capacity, industry standards and the ability of Nigerian fintech companies to compete beyond the domestic market would become increasingly important.
