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Mono
AcquiredPlaid for Africa, but better.
Winter 2021Founded 202010 peopleLagos, LA, Nigeria
About
We allow companies to access data from their customers bank accounts and allow them to debit money from these same bank accounts.
Founders · 2
Prakhar SinghFounder
Launch
Launched on Y Combinator · Jun 2025
View launch post ↗Enabling 100M bank account owners in Nigeria send money on Whatsapp
OWO, built by Mono, is an in-WhatsApp intelligent money interface for Nigerians that lets users send money from their bank accounts to recipients nationwide (and soon across Africa), and also buy airtime and data within WhatsApp, without leaving the app. It targets Nigeria’s 100M+ bank account holders, enabling fast, secure money transfers and services via WhatsApp using text or voice.
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