Markets / Zimbabwe
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Status: live
Not legal advice
This documentation summarizes Watenga's integration and compliance posture for developers and merchants. It does not constitute legal, tax, or regulatory advice. Canonical policies live in our security documentation repository. Consult qualified counsel for jurisdiction-specific obligations.
Overview
- Regulatory body: RBZ
- Currencies: USD, ZWG
- KYC: complete the compliance wizard (5 steps).
Regulation
- RBZ SI 80/2020 — National Payment Systems framework; Watenga operates under payment facilitator arrangements with licensed banking partners.
- CDPA 2021 — Customer data handled per Watenga data protection policies; merchants remain controllers for their customer relationships.
- Reserve — 5% of card transaction volume held 90 days (platform default).
Payment methods
- Visa, Mastercard, Amex (USD/ZWG) via EFT PAY COPY&PAY
- Zimswitch local cards
- EcoCash, InnBucks, OneMoney mobile wallets
- Agent cash-out (ledger-internal transfers)