Payment providers in Tanzania
Payment providers in Tanzania: PSPs, payment gateways and aggregators for pay-ins and payouts — local methods, rates and onboarding terms. Listings: 39.
Onafriq
Onafriq is payment infrastructure for cross-border transactions across Africa, built around a mobile money hub that the company says connects more than 500…
PalmPay
PalmPay offers businesses payment acceptance, payouts and embedded financial products. Its confirmed market for business payments is Tanzania, where the…
pawaPay
pawaPay brings African mobile-money wallets together under one API for collections, payouts and refunds. In most countries it works as an aggregator, while in…
PayAngel
PayAngel handles international transfers for individuals and business payments: collections, wallets and payouts. Money is sent from the UK, the US, Canada and…
SeerBit
SeerBit is a payment provider and gateway operating in nine African countries. It covers online acceptance, in-store payments, recurring billing and embedded…
Selcom
Selcom is a payment provider and acquirer in Tanzania. It delivers card acquiring and merchant payment acceptance across channels, online and at the point of…
Simple.app
Simple.app is a payment provider founded in 2021. It combines crypto processing, mass payouts and P2P transfers, serving companies in crypto, e-commerce and…
Skrill
Skrill is a payment system that has been running since 2001. It combines an e-wallet, bank transfers, a mobile app and an API for businesses. Payment methods…
Wise
Wise is an international payments service whose business offering combines a multi-currency payment account, FX, international transfers and batch payouts. The…
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Payment processing in Tanzania
Tanzania is a mobile-money-first market. Most consumers pay and get paid through wallets of mobile network operators — M-Pesa (Vodacom), Airtel Money, Mixx by Yas (formerly Tigo Pesa), HaloPesa and others — using USSD menus or apps, while card and bank account penetration is much lower. The Bank of Tanzania licenses payment system providers and e-money issuers and runs the TIPS instant payment switch that makes wallets and banks interoperable. Sports betting and gaming are licensed by the Gaming Board of Tanzania. {count} providers on this page declare Tanzania coverage.
Payment methods in Tanzania
- Mobile money — the dominant pay-in and payout method, usually via push (USSD prompt) or pull payments.
- E-wallets and QR — app-based payments and merchant QR.
- Bank transfer and cards — for B2B, higher tickets and international buyers.
- Other local APMs and crypto — cross-border settlement options.
How to choose a PSP in Tanzania
- Operator coverage: which MNO wallets are connected directly and which through aggregators.
- Success rate and timeouts: USSD push payments fail when customers don't confirm in time — ask about retry logic.
- Settlement: TZS locally or USD/USDT abroad; check conversion and repatriation timelines.
- Payouts: bulk disbursements to wallets, per-transaction and daily wallet limits.
- Verticals: betting is a large licensed segment; offshore operators should confirm risk policy before onboarding.
Betting, iGaming and P2P
Operators looking for a betting payment gateway in Tanzania usually combine mobile money aggregators with P2P processing for capacity. Merchants in Tanzania and liquidity providers are listed separately.
Related hubs
Mobile money processing · Legal and licensing in Tanzania · Tech in Tanzania
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