bank_or_acquirer · curated
bank or acquirer
Prioritize this when you need card acceptance, bank settlement, local merchant account support, SICA or STAR-linked bank transfers, or a bank-sponsored route into domestic payment rails.
Do not assume a foreign merchant can directly use Togolese wallets, bank acquiring, or WAEMU payment-establishment services. Ask each provider whether a Togolese company, local tax registration, local bank account, WAEMU entity, local representative, or partner-of-record is required for the exact route.
- Can my current entity onboard, or do you require a Togolese company, local bank account, tax registration, local director, or resident signatory?
- Are you providing acquiring, gateway sponsorship, bank transfer collection, mobile-money partnership access, or only business-banking support?
- Who owns refunds, disputes, settlement, chargebacks, reconciliation, and technical support?
mobile_money_or_electronic_money_route · curated
mobile money or electronic money route
Prioritize this when local consumers are expected to pay through wallet, phone-number, USSD, QR, app, or agent-supported mobile-money flows.
Do not assume a foreign merchant can directly use Togolese wallets, bank acquiring, or WAEMU payment-establishment services. Ask each provider whether a Togolese company, local tax registration, local bank account, WAEMU entity, local representative, or partner-of-record is required for the exact route.
- Is this route operated by an electronic-money issuer, a bank-telecom partnership, or an approved payment establishment?
- Does the product support merchant collection, ecommerce, QR, invoices, refunds, and transaction-status reporting?
- Can offshore merchants contract directly, or must a Togolese entity, local bank account, or local aggregator be used?
approved_payment_establishment_or_regional_psp · curated
approved payment establishment or regional psp
Prioritize this when you need aggregation across Togo and other WAEMU markets, or a single API that can combine mobile money, bank, and transfer routes.
Do not assume a foreign merchant can directly use Togolese wallets, bank acquiring, or WAEMU payment-establishment services. Ask each provider whether a Togolese company, local tax registration, local bank account, WAEMU entity, local representative, or partner-of-record is required for the exact route.
- Which BCEAO-approved payment-establishment status or partner authorization covers your service in Togo?
- Which routes are live in Togo versus only available elsewhere in WAEMU?
- What happens if a wallet operator or bank requires local contracting, settlement, or category approval?
bceao_approved_payment_establishment_or_regulated_partner_route · curated
BCEAO-approved payment establishment or regulated partner route
BCEAO's 2026 communication lists approved payment establishments in WAEMU and includes three for Togo, creating a regulator-first screen for non-bank PSP candidates.
Do not assume a foreign merchant can directly use Togolese wallets, bank acquiring, or WAEMU payment-establishment services. Ask each provider whether a Togolese company, local tax registration, local bank account, WAEMU entity, local representative, or partner-of-record is required for the exact route.
- Ask the provider to state its approved entity name, country of approval, covered service, and whether Togo merchant collection is live.
- Can my current entity onboard, or do you require a Togolese company, local bank account, tax registration, local director, or resident signatory?
- Are you providing acquiring, gateway sponsorship, bank transfer collection, mobile-money partnership access, or only business-banking support?
mobile_money_through_bank_telecom_partnerships · curated
Mobile money through bank-telecom partnerships
BCEAO's electronic-money list includes Togo bank and telecom or technical-service partnerships such as FLOOZ, TMONEY, WAVE, GOZEM MONEY, and CORIS MONEY routes.
Do not assume a foreign merchant can directly use Togolese wallets, bank acquiring, or WAEMU payment-establishment services. Ask each provider whether a Togolese company, local tax registration, local bank account, WAEMU entity, local representative, or partner-of-record is required for the exact route.
- Ask whether merchant access is direct, bank-sponsored, or aggregator-led, and whether online collection is supported.
- Can my current entity onboard, or do you require a Togolese company, local bank account, tax registration, local director, or resident signatory?
- Are you providing acquiring, gateway sponsorship, bank transfer collection, mobile-money partnership access, or only business-banking support?