据该平台周四消息，埃塞俄比亚央行已正式加入泛非支付与结算系统（PAPSS）。这一举措将助力该国全面融入非洲大陆的金融与支付体系。
Ethiopia's central bank has joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), the platform said on Thursday, bringing the country closer to full integration into the continent's financial and payments system.
PAPSS支持交易双方直接使用当地货币结算，旨在降低跨境支付成本、促进贸易发展。该系统让企业交易时无需再使用美元作为中介货币，也免去了以往必须通过境外代理银行处理支付的繁琐流程。埃塞俄比亚央行行长埃约布·特卡莱因在声明中表示：“埃塞俄比亚加入PAPSS网络，是我们推进金融体系现代化、深化与非洲各国经济联系的重要一步。”
PAPSS于2022年1月启动，最初仅有10家商业银行参与。目前该系统已覆盖尼日利亚、赞比亚、马拉维、肯尼亚、突尼斯等15个以上国家，接入的商业银行数量也突破150家，不过南非尚未加入该网络。该系统旨在助力区域贸易一体化进程，为包括非洲自由贸易区建设在内的各类支付需求提供支撑。
PAPSS allows parties to transact directly in local currencies, aiming to boost trade and commerce by cutting costs of cross-border payments It allows businesses to bypass the dollar during transactions, and removes the need for correspondent banks abroad that payments were routed through in the past "Ethiopia’s integration into the PAPSS network represents an important step in our continued efforts to modernise our financial system and deepen our economic connections with the rest of Africa," Eyob Tekalign, the governor of the bank, said in a statement Launched in January 2022 with just 10 commercial banks, PAPSS is now operates in more than 15 countries including Nigeria, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya and Tunisia, and has more than 150 commercial banks in its network - though South Africa remains outside the network It is designed to complement regional trade integration efforts by supporting payments, including the implementation of the African Free Trade Area