Electronic payment experts from System Specs, a prominent Nigerian software solution provider, and about 70 bankers from 20 commercial banks in the country have commenced brainstorming on optimisation of the industry-leading Remita e-payment platform.

They held an initial session last week in Lagos during a one-day workshop organised to review the progress of e-payment in Nigeria, share experience and come up with technical and business strategies on how their current e-payment operations could be optimised in the interest and for the increased satisfaction of their public and private sectors customers.

John Obaro, System Specs’ managing director, said, “The workshop was intended to help generate fresh ideas on how best banks could be positioned to gain competitive advantage through optimisation of the Remita e-payment platform.”

Mr Ezinne Obikile, Head, Payments & Collections, First Bank Plc, said the support support for Remita from System Specs had been quite tremendous and had made the use of the solution a wonderful experience.

On his own part, Dr. Hakeem Bakare, Group Head, Financial Solutions, System Specs, said the event once again “demonstrated stakeholders’ commitment to the success of President Yar’Adua’s directives on e-payment and to position Nigeria as a leading light in Africa in the application of e-payment in financial transactions.”

Dr. Akin Oduntan, System Specs Head, Remita Business Development Group, buttressed his point of view as he enumerated what a true e-payment solution should do.