“Can Nigeria's pioneer non-interest bank scale Shariah-compliant finance into the country's mainstream retail and SME market?”
Jaiz Bank was incorporated in 2003 as an investment holding company to set up non-interest financial institutions, but did not begin operations until 2012 when it launched as Nigeria's first fully licensed non-interest (Islamic) bank. The bank has since expanded nationwide from its Abuja base with a full suite of Shariah-compliant retail, SME and corporate finance products (Murabaha, Ijara, Istisna, letters of credit). Its embedded-finance footprint is minimal — it operates as a traditional chartered bank and relies on Nigerian payment rails (e.g. Paystack) for online collections rather than deep BaaS partnerships.
Jaiz Bank Plc discloses Jaiz Bank Plc (in-house) as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Jaiz Bank Plc does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Jaiz Bank Plc (in-house).
Jaiz Bank Plc processes payments through Paystack.
Jaiz Bank Plc's lending and capital products are provided by Jaiz Bank Plc (in-house).
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in Jaiz Bank Plc's stack: Payments / PSP (Paystack); Banking / BaaS (Jaiz Bank Plc (in-house)); Lending (Jaiz Bank Plc (in-house), Working Capital Financing (Murabaha), Import Finance (Letter of Credit), Export Finance and 2 others).
Jaiz Bank Plc is founded in 2003 and headquartered in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.
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