Digital payment service bank, 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB) has entered into a strategic partnership with XCHANGEBOX, a licensed super-agent service provider, to deliver agent banking solutions to rural, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) via their flagship product, PAYREP. The signing ceremony of the partnership took place at 9PSB head office in Victoria Island, Lagos. The collaboration is aimed at facilitating the co-creation of products that will help to revolutionise customers’ payment experiences in Nigeria, to further deepen financial inclusion and bridge the gap between the banked and the unbanked/underbanked. Through this partnership, the PAYREP Agency Platform will be used to provide tailor-made services to its agents, SMEs, merchants, and customers. The Chief Executive Officer of 9 Payment Service Bank, Branka Mracajac, reiterated the bank’s commitment to financial inclusion during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the two companies.