The Divest app now lets you hold USD and EUR directly from your phone, a small but significant shift for anyone who has ever watched exchange rate anxiety eat into a hard-earned paycheck. The updated platform is built with a specific crowd in mind: abroad returnees settling back home, freelancers chasing international clients, remote workers on foreign payrolls, families sending and receiving money across borders, and business owners managing payments in multiple currencies.
The private banking feature positions Divest as more than a transfer tool. It is designed to give everyday Africans the kind of multi-currency account access that was once reserved for corporate clients or people with overseas bank relationships.
The source details are limited at this stage, so watch this space as Divest rolls out more about what private banking actually looks like in practice, and what it could mean for how Africans move money on their own terms.
Originally published by BusinessDay.