Nigeria Teams Up With MasterCard on New Identity and Pay Card

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Nigeria will work with MasterCard Inc. to deploy a new national identity card with a payment option to help broaden access to financial services in Africa’s largest economy, President Goodluck Jonathan said.

“Following successful local and international tests, the e-card system has now taken off,” Jonathan said today at a ceremony in the capital, Abuja.