--- title: "Africa Rapidtransfer SA · Payment institution (Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority) · France | Elucidate" description: "Africa Rapidtransfer SA is authorised by Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority as a payment institution in France. Licence 833259419. LEI 969500LNUJBY36L30S98. Register status, licences, activities and ownership." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-032470597f75 --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [France](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fr) 3. Africa Rapidtransfer SA France · Payments & e-money # Africa Rapidtransfer SA Africa Rapidtransfer SA is a French société anonyme based in Courbevoie. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) authorises it as a payment institution under the EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2). It is a subsidiary of EBI SA, the Paris-based international bank of the Ecobank group, whose ultimate parent is Ecobank Transnational Incorporated of Togo. It runs Rapidtransfer International, a mobile app for sending money from Europe to the African countries where Ecobank operates. The app launched in November 2020. Register status Licensed in France Payment institution · Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority Prudential licence [1 licence or registration ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-032470597f75#licences) BIC **No BIC** LEI **[969500LNUJBY36L30S98](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/969500LNUJBY36L30S98)** [Licence no. **833259419**](https://elucidate.co/directory/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-032470597f75#licences) [Group: Ecobank Transnational Incorporated](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800USCE9Y111R4656) ## Licences and registrations Held by Africa Rapidtransfer SA (LEI 969500LNUJBY36L30S98). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026. | Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [EBA PSD2 Register](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/eba-psd2) Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 833259419 | [France](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fr) | Active | 2019-06-19 | — | - Money remittance - Payment services - Card acquiring | [Search the register ↗](https://euclid.eba.europa.eu/register/pir/search) | - Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it. - Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here. ## Swift network Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory. Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. ## Overview Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-032470597f75#overview-sources) Customers Not published Employees Not published Ownership Group subsidiary EBI SA Firm type Money remittance Trades as Rapidtransfer International - **Ownership:** EBI SA, the French banking subsidiary of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, owns the firm. - **Direct parent:** [EBI SA](https://elucidate.co/directory/ebi-sa-ecocfrpp), France - **Ultimate owner:** Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Togo - **Head office:** Tour Egée, 9-11 allée de l'Arche, 92400 Courbevoie, France - **Company register:** SIREN 833259419 (RCS Nanterre) - **Incorporated:** 18 Oct 2017 Sources · 10 pages consulted 1. [dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=R166310](https://www.dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=R166310) 2. [fi.ee/en/payment-services/payment-institutions/payment-services/providers-cross-border-payment-](https://www.fi.ee/en/payment-services/payment-institutions/payment-services/providers-cross-border-payment-sevices/africa-rapidtransfer-sa) 3. [bportugal.pt/en/entidadeautorizada/africa-rapidtransfer-sa](https://www.bportugal.pt/en/entidadeautorizada/africa-rapidtransfer-sa) 4. [lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/969500LNUJBY36L30S98](https://lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/969500LNUJBY36L30S98) 5. [annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-833259419](https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-833259419) 6. [agenceecofin.com/banque/1210-92276-rapidtransfer-international-la-solution-de-transfert-d-argent-du-groupe](https://www.agenceecofin.com/banque/1210-92276-rapidtransfer-international-la-solution-de-transfert-d-argent-du-groupe-ecobank-etend-son-offre-a-toute-l-europe) 7. [afriqueitnews.com/editorial/ecobank-veut-revolutionner-le-transfert-dargent-entre-leurope-et-lafrique-avec-](https://afriqueitnews.com/editorial/ecobank-veut-revolutionner-le-transfert-dargent-entre-leurope-et-lafrique-avec-rapidtransfer-international/) 8. [cio-mag.com/rapidtransfer-international-le-produit-diaspora-du-groupe-ecobank/](https://cio-mag.com/rapidtransfer-international-le-produit-diaspora-du-groupe-ecobank/) 9. [deskeco.com/index.php/2020/11/13/le-groupe-ecobank-se-lance-avec-rapidtransfer-international-sur-le-m](https://deskeco.com/index.php/2020/11/13/le-groupe-ecobank-se-lance-avec-rapidtransfer-international-sur-le-marche-des-transferts) 10. [lejecos.com/Transfert-d-argent-Ecobank-lance-Rapidtransfer-international\_a18633.html](https://www.lejecos.com/Transfert-d-argent-Ecobank-lance-Rapidtransfer-international_a18633.html) ## Authorisation Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-032470597f75#overview-sources) - **Operates under:** Its own licences The ACPR authorises the firm as a payment institution for money remittance, payment services and card acquiring. It provides services cross-border under the EU passport, with entries on the Dutch, Portuguese and Estonian regulators' registers. The total number of host states was not found. | Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) France | Payment institution (établissement de paiement) | 833259419 | In its own name | Active | [dnb.nl ↗](https://www.dnb.nl/en/public-register/information-detail/?registerCode=WFTBI&relationNumber=R166310) | Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks. ## Products and markets Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-032470597f75#overview-sources) - International money transfer - Cash pick-up Through the Rapidtransfer International app, it sends money from Europe to the African countries where Ecobank operates. Recipients are paid into bank accounts or mobile money wallets, or collect cash at Ecobank branches and Xpress Point agents. It serves senders in EEA countries under its French licence, with France as its main market according to the Ecobank group, and pays out in the African countries where Ecobank operates. - **Sells to:** Consumers - **Serves customers in 11 countries:** France · Belgium · Germany · Italy · Spain · Portugal · Netherlands · Czechia · Poland · Malta · Estonia ## Recent events Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-032470597f75#overview-sources) The research found no fines, investigations, security incidents, licence changes or corporate events from the last three years. Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source. ## Identifiers - **Licence no. · EBA-PSD2:** 833259419 - **BIC:** Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory - **LEI:** [969500LNUJBY36L30S98 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/969500LNUJBY36L30S98) - **How the LEI was matched:** Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address - **National bank code:** [FR-CIB 17048](https://elucidate.co/directory/africa-rapidtransfer-sa-032470597f75#bank-codes) - **Elucidate firm ID:** 032470597f75 ## Profile - **Type:** Payments & e-money - **Regulation:** Prudential licence - **Main licence class:** Payment Institution - **Activities:** - Money remittance - Payment services - Card acquiring - **Licensed in:** [France](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fr) · Europe & Central Asia - **First registered:** 2019-06-19 Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet. ## Ownership and group GLEIF relationship records - **Direct parent:** [Ebi SA](https://elucidate.co/directory/ebi-sa-ecocfrpp) · France[969500V9BSEN0HWUIC23 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/969500V9BSEN0HWUIC23) - **Ultimate parent:** Ecobank Transnational Incorporated · Togo[213800USCE9Y111R4656 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800USCE9Y111R4656) The Ecobank Transnational Incorporated group has 29 institutions in the directory, in 28 countries: 28 hold a BIC and 1 does not. Including [Ebi SA](https://elucidate.co/directory/ebi-sa-ecocfrpp), [Ecobank Ghana PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-ghana-plc-ecocghac), [Ecobank Togo](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-togo-ecoctgtg), [Ecobank - Burkina](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-burkina-ecocbfbf), [Ecobank - Cote D'ivoire S.A](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-cote-d-ivoire-s-a-ecocciab). [See the Ecobank Transnational Incorporated group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800USCE9Y111R4656) Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control. ## Addresses - **Address on the register:** 9-11 ALLEE DE L'ARCHE | Tour Egée, COURBEVOIE, 92400 - **Country:** France ## ISO 20022 identification As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+) This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. - **Identified by:** Name and postal address, with its LEI - **Postal address:** Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in one address line ```xml 969500LNUJBY36L30S98 Africa Rapidtransfer SA 92400 COURBEVOIE FR 9-11 ALLEE DE L'ARCHE | Tour Egée ``` - CBPR+ does not accept the character é in names and addresses. Transliterate before sending. CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent. The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use. ## National bank codes National bank-code directories, matched by LEI | Code | Scheme | Name in the directory | City | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 17048 | FR-CIB | Africa Rapidtransfer SA | COURBEVOIE | ## Related institutions ### Same group - [Ebi SA BIC ECOCFRPP Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 969500V9BSEN0HWUIC23](https://elucidate.co/directory/ebi-sa-ecocfrpp) - [Ecobank Ghana PLC BIC ECOCGHAC Financial institution Not on a tracked register Ghana · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900ZQL1EV2DX00Q42](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-ghana-plc-ecocghac) - [Ecobank Togo BIC ECOCTGTG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Togo · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549004I3EACJ9G3IL08](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-togo-ecoctgtg) - [Ecobank - Burkina BIC ECOCBFBF Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burkina Faso · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900HND4820WQIP187](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-burkina-ecocbfbf) - [Ecobank - Cote D'ivoire S.A BIC ECOCCIAB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Côte d’Ivoire · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900GYOIES0EKSHD95](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-cote-d-ivoire-s-a-ecocciab) - [Ecobank - Mali BIC ECOCMLBA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Mali · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900FNI5S9VGMEZB88](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-mali-ecocmlba) - [Ecobank Benin BIC ECOCBJBJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Benin · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2549008736DL2TJMUA03](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-benin-ecocbjbj) - [Ecobank Burundi BIC ECOCBIBI Financial institution Not on a tracked register Burundi · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900D9X7329TL2L994](https://elucidate.co/directory/ecobank-burundi-ecocbibi) [All 29 institutions in the Ecobank Transnational Incorporated group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/213800USCE9Y111R4656) ### Other payments & e-money institutions in France - [Aplo Sas · trading as APLO No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence France · Licensed by Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority · 878929405 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 969500YKHZ31GZ7AAU02](https://elucidate.co/directory/aplo-sas-d10450e1dc56) - [Circle Internet Financial Europe Sas · trading as CIRCLE No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence France · Licensed by Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority · 953990934 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 969500OYUDADGZKCR583](https://elucidate.co/directory/circle-internet-financial-europe-sas-44b976c8a384) - [Coinhouse Sas · trading as COINHOUSE No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence France · Licensed by Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority · 815254545 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 969500E5GFHK2RKF8251](https://elucidate.co/directory/coinhouse-sas-6300d2a90c94) - [Cometh Sas · trading as COMETH No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence France · Licensed by Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority · 892021577 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 894500R5KSX3ZKIHSA46](https://elucidate.co/directory/cometh-sas-0790176952a5) - [Deblock No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence France · Licensed by Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority · 948264163 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 254900XTUI35BGIBXP21](https://elucidate.co/directory/deblock-6ef351dbc619) - [Ezyness BIC GAILFRP1 Payments & e-money Prudential licence France · Licensed by Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority · 522058544 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 969500LC14WDCRNTV833](https://elucidate.co/directory/ezyness-gailfrp1) - [Finary Sas · trading as FINARY No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence France · Licensed by Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority · FR\_ACPR!758984 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 969500RQH18PU24DM081](https://elucidate.co/directory/finary-sas-19e286f4b6ca) - [Franfinance BIC FRANFR21 Payments & e-money Prudential licence France · Licensed by Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority · 719807406 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 969500FOY8TU4THH6S92](https://elucidate.co/directory/franfinance-franfr21) [See all →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?type=payments&cc=FR) [Other entries on EBA-PSD2 →](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/eba-psd2) Sources & method Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. 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