Skaleet

{{Short description |French banking software company }}

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| founded = {{Start date and age |2005 }}

| country_of_origin = France

| url = {{UBL |{{URL|https://tagpay.fr/en/}} and | {{URL |https://skaleet.com/en/ }} }}

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Skaleet (formerly named TagPay) is a digital banking platform or SaaS based core banking system created by the French company TagPay.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/12/tagattitude-launches-nfc2-0-technology-and-no-its-not-actually-nfc/|title = Tagattitude Launches "NFC2.0" Technology (And No, It's Not Actually NFC)| date=12 October 2011 }} The software is used by banks, telecom operators, and other players to offer digital financial services to their clients.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Skaleet uses sound-based Near Sound Data Transfer (NSDT) technology to secure electronic transactions. Skaleet's target markets are in emerging economies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.generation-nt.com/tagpay-tagattitude-paiement-mobile-sans-contact-nfc-actualite-1126011.html|title= TagPay / NSDT : Le paiement mobile par signal audio crypté |trans-title=Mobile payment by encrypted audio signal |language=fr |date=December 7, 2010 |publisher=Generation NT}}{{cite news |url=https://african.business/2021/12/technology-information/digital-lending-is-the-next-horizon-for-africas-banks-says-skaleet-ceo |title=Digital lending is the next horizon for Africa's banks, says Skaleet CEO |date=December 3, 2021 |publisher=African Business }}

History

The platform was created by the French company TagPay in 2005.

The company received €25million in funding from Long Arc Capital at the beginning of 2021 to develop its product.{{cite web |url=https://skaleet.com/en/blog/tagpay-rebrands-as-skaleet |title=TagPay rebrands as Skaleet! |date=October 18, 2021 |publisher=Skaleet }} In 2023, the company joined the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) which helps to promote a common framework for banking technology.{{cite news |url=https://financialit.net/news/core-banking/core-banking-skaleet-joins-bian-promote-common-framework-through-coreless-banking |title=Core Banking: Skaleet Joins BIAN to Promote a Common Framework Through a Coreless Banking Approach |date=June 21, 2023 |publisher=Financial IT }}

Applications

Skaleet can be used by smart phones and supports a variety of mobile money services.

{{As of |2021}}, over 30 digital financial service providers use the Skaleet platform to offer their customers financial services through their mobile phones.{{Cite web |url=http://en.tagpay.fr/community/#clients |title=Next-Gen Core Banking System |publisher=Skaleet |access-date=December 17, 2024 }}

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