Why Bonita FMI

Infrastructure succeeds when the ecosystem is ready.

Technology is one part of a successful payment system. Governance, participant readiness, integration, testing and consumer protection must work together.

Driven by a pan African perspective, Bonita FMI helps turn these dependencies into clear priorities, practical delivery plans and evidence for critical decisions across national payment networks, cross border rails and digital public infrastructure.

Our lifecycle

Diagnosis to resilience

One connected methodology across the full infrastructure journey.

01
Diagnose

Understand the market, ecosystem, institutions and existing infrastructure.

02
Define

Set the problem, requirements, priorities and roadmap.

03
De-risk

Expose dependencies and risks before investment is committed.

04
Assure

Keep delivery, integration and participants aligned.

05
Validate

Confirm certification, readiness and go-live.

06
Sustain

Strengthen trust, resilience, governance and performance.

What we do

Core capabilities

Diagnostics and Readiness

Market and ecosystem diagnostics with institutional, regulatory, participant and infrastructure readiness, and maturity, gap, interoperability and investment readiness assessment that establishes what is ready, what is missing and what investment should address.

Strategy and Programme Design

FMI modernisation strategy, national payments and interoperability roadmaps, governance and operating models, and requirements and implementation planning.

Implementation and Delivery Assurance

Independent, buyer side programme assurance across vendors, integration and participants, with requirements traceability and delivery governance that keeps delivery aligned to the outcome the institution actually needs.

Testing and Certification

Independent test and certification assurance that gives institutions confidence their systems and participants are proven to work together, covering test strategy and governance, validation across the major international payment and message standards, and participant certification, with clear evidence for acceptance and go-live decisions.

Go-Live Assurance

Operational and participant readiness, cutover and go-live governance, launch risk assessment, and acceptance and transition assurance.

Trust, Redress and Resilience

Transaction traceability and redress readiness, consumer protection and dispute handling, operational risk assessment, incident preparedness, business continuity, and post implementation review and performance optimisation.

Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer

Strengthening institutional capability through training, mentoring and knowledge transfer at every stage, so authorities, operators and participants can run and evolve their own infrastructure with confidence.

Capability statement

The full capability picture, in one document.

Our operating proposition, the Diagnose to Sustain lifecycle, six core capabilities, relevant domains and engagement models, all in one document.

Let us talk

Planning or delivering financial market infrastructure?

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