Verto Deepens West African Operations with New Lagos Hub
Verto, the foremost global B2B payments and FX infrastructure provider, has Deepened its West African Operations with a New Lagos Hub as its new West African headquarters in the heart of Lagos, Nigeria, a bold move that cements its decade-long footprint in the country and turbo charges its vision to redefine cross-border commerce for enterprises across the region.
The verto Lagos office is nestled in the prestigious commercial pulse of Victoria Island at 21 Ahmed Onibudo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. This cutting-edge facility is far more than an office. It is Verto’s command centre for the entire ECOWAS corridor, housing a 25-strong squad of customer-success champions, compliance gurus, treasury experts, and home-grown engineers. From here, the team will deliver same-day Naira liquidity, hyper-localised product upgrades, and lightning-fast support—while maintaining direct, face-to-face dialogue with the Central Bank of Nigeria, NIBSS, leading commercial banks, and pan-African payment orchestrators. The proximity is already accelerating the nationwide rollout of Verto Atlas, the company’s AI-powered payment routing engine that slashes settlement times and eliminates hidden FX mark-ups.
Speaking at the ribbon-cutting, Austin Okpagu, Verto’s Country Director for Nigeria, declared: “Lagos isn’t just Africa’s biggest market—it’s the continent’s innovation furnace. Every day, thousands of Nigerian founders are rewriting the rules of global trade, and they deserve infrastructure that moves as fast as their ambition. This hub puts us in the same traffic, the same WhatsApp groups, and the same conference rooms as our clients and regulators. That proximity translates into solutions that are built in Lagos, for Lagos—and, by extension, for Abidjan, Accra, Dakar, and beyond.”
Since planting its flag in Nigeria, Verto has transformed the way over 5,000 home-grown and regional businesses pay suppliers in Shenzhen, collect revenues from Frankfurt, or payroll remote teams in Dubai. The platform now channels more than $25 billion USD annually through 200+ countries and 49 currencies, with Nigerian corridors consistently posting triple-digit year-on-year growth. That momentum propelled Verto into Deloitte’s prestigious UK Technology Fast 50, placing it among the fastest-growing fintechs bridging Europe and Africa.
The grand opening transformed a sleek Victoria Island rooftop into a celebration of Nigerian ingenuity, drawing CEOs of multinational treasuries, heads of payment partnerships, top-tier regulators, and Verto’s energetic Lagos crew for an evening of live Afro-fusion, champagne, and big ideas about the future of African finance.
Ola Oyetayo, Co-founder and CEO, captured the moment perfectly: “This isn’t just four walls and glass—it’s a bridge. A bridge between Lagos ambition and London capital, between Abujan exporters and American buyers, between West African dreamers and the global markets they’re ready to conquer. Every transaction we settle here is a job created, a supply chain strengthened, and a founder who can finally focus on growth instead of banking headaches.”
With round-the-clock treasury desks, dedicated Naira and CEDIS liquidity pools, and a pipeline of locally engineered features already in beta, the Lagos hub is poised to supercharge financial interoperability across West Africa—making it easier than ever for SMEs and corporates alike to invoice globally, settle locally, and scale fearlessly.
About Verto
Verto is the operating system for global business payments. Built for founders, treasurers, and CFOs who refuse to lose 5-12% on every international transfer, Verto delivers institutional-grade FX, multi-currency wallets, and intelligent routing that turns cross-border friction into competitive advantage. Transparent. Instant. Unapologetically pro-business.
