Users
5.4MCBE Birr brings Commercial Bank of Ethiopia's mobile-money services to phone users through USSD and the CBEBirr Plus app. Customers use the wallet for transfers and payments, while merchant collection and bank channels connect digital balances with local commerce and cash access.
Use cases:
Channels:
Initiation:
Markets
1TPV
$168MTransactions
25MEstimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026
Capabilities
Initiation & Authentication
Funding & Requirements
Processing & Settlement
Transaction Management
Refunds & Disputes
Additional native capabilities
Markets
Estimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026
PSPs
No PSP implementations have been mapped for this method yet.
Schemes
Compliance
Regulator
National Bank of Ethiopia



