Partners

A corridor opens when a licensed partner stands at both ends of it.

SwapEazi builds the software businesses use to pay their South African suppliers; the regulated payment services, and custody of funds while a payment is in flight, sit with licensed financial partners. That makes our partners central to the product, not a supplier line item. There are two kinds we are actively looking for.

Talk to us about partnering

Partner type one

Licensed collection and payout institutions

Banks, licensed payment institutions, mobile money operators and authorised dealers in Southern African markets who can collect local currency from a verified business, or credit a South African account in rand.

What we bring is directed, verified volume in one narrow flow: business-to-business supplier payments with a commercial invoice behind every transaction, from customers who have been through know-your-business checks. Not consumer remittance, not retail trading, not anonymous flow.

Markets we are expanding into

Zambia Zimbabwe Botswana Malawi Mozambique Namibia Lesotho Eswatini

Partner type two

Freight forwarders, clearing agents and trade bodies

You see the trade before the payment exists. A clearing agent in Durban or a forwarder on the Beitbridge or Chirundu route knows which of their clients is stuck waiting on funds, usually before the client has told anyone else.

We are not asking you to become a payments company. We are asking whether the payment is a problem your clients keep bringing you, and if so whether an introduction is worth making. Where it works commercially we structure a referral arrangement in writing.

Chambers of commerce, importer and exporter associations and industry bodies in any of our markets: same conversation.

How we work with partners

What to expect from us.

Clear scope, clear obligations and no ambiguity about who is accountable for what.

You keep the regulated relationship: The licensed party performs the regulated step and holds the funds during it. We do not sit between you and your obligations, and we do not ask you to rely on us for anything you are answerable for.
One flow, clearly defined: Business-to-business supplier payments into South Africa, with a commercial invoice behind each one and know-your-business verification on the payer. Narrow scope makes your risk assessment straightforward.
Transparency with customers: Businesses paying through SwapEazi are told that regulated payment services are delivered by licensed financial partners, and a partner's regulatory standing is made available where a customer's own compliance process requires it.
Straight numbers: You will get real numbers, a defined scope and a realistic view of what a corridor is likely to do. We would rather agree a small first phase that works than a large one that does not.
What we need from you: Licence status and scope, the currencies and instruments you can collect or pay, your settlement times, your pricing at the volumes we are actually likely to do, and your onboarding requirements.

Not what we are after

Saving us both a meeting.

Reselling our rail under your own brand. We are not a white-label platform.
Consumer remittance volume. Different product, different obligations, not our business.
Introductions to liquidity in exchange for a fee. We work with licensed institutions directly.
Generic marketing partnerships. We work with partners who touch the payment or the customer, not logo exchanges.

Get in touch

Email directly with your market, your licence scope and what you can collect or pay. It reaches the founder and you will get a real answer, including a no.

hello@swapeazi.io

For customer enquiries rather than partnerships, use the enquiry form.

Do your clients pay South African suppliers?

If you work with businesses in Southern Africa that buy from South Africa, we would like to hear what the payment side of that looks like from where you sit. No pitch required.

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