Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 2 companies across 2 categories.
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Okra was founded in 2019 as Nigeria's first open banking infrastructure player — a 'Plaid for Africa' — providing APIs to connect bank accounts to fintech apps for identity, balance, transactions, income verification and bank-initiated payments. It rapidly attracted Nigerian fintech customers (FairMoney, Chaka, Interswitch, Umba, Paga, dLocal) and ISO 27001/22301/20000 certifications. However, despite raising ~$4.5M from TLcom, Susa and Accenture Ventures, PitchBook now lists Okra as 'Out of Business', reflecting the broader contraction of Nigerian open-banking infrastructure pre-CBN open-banking go-live.
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Okra is an embedded-finance provider in KYC and Open Banking. It ranks #42 of 64 KYC providers by disclosed buyers.
The most-disclosed KYC alternatives to Okra are Sumsub (40 buyers), Onfido (35 buyers), Veriff (35 buyers), Persona (33 buyers), Stripe (24 buyers) and Socure (23 buyers).
Okra was founded by Fara Ashiru Jituboh and David Peterside and is founded in 2019, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.
Okra has raised $4.5M+ in total.
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