ALAT Business users gain Duplo tools to automate invoices and payments

Duplo has integrated its business finance and e-invoicing software into Wema Bank’s ALAT for Business platform, giving Nigerian SMEs and corporate customers automated financial operations tools directly inside their digital bank environment.

The partnership enables ALAT business customers to access Duplo’s financial operations technology from within their banking environment, rather than using multiple disconnected tools according to Fintech Global. Through the integration, ALAT business users can automate payments, manage domestic and cross-border payments, oversee expenses and approvals, issue and collect invoices including Nigeria Revenue Service compliant electronic invoices, and manage financial workflows from a single connected platform per Duplo’s announcement.

Duplo’s blog describes this as giving Nigerian businesses a connected platform that replaces spreadsheets, WhatsApp approval chains, and email invoicing with structured workflows and real-time visibility. Existing ALAT business customers will receive three months of complimentary access to Duplo’s platform as part of the launch, allowing them to trial expense management and financial automation features without extra cost as covered by Investors King. The partnership agreement was formally signed at a ceremony held at Four Points by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos, attended by Wema Bank leadership, industry stakeholders, partners, and members of the press.

The integration is framed as a way to help Nigerian SMEs and corporates comply with Nigeria Revenue Service regulations on electronic invoicing while gaining better visibility into financial flows and faster reconciliation of expenses shown in related TV coverage. Investors King reports that the integration will allow business owners to monitor expenditure, transfer funds, create virtual accounts, and generate NRS-compliant electronic invoices directly from ALAT for Business. Duplo and Wema Bank stated that the integration will roll out first to an initial group of ALAT business customers over the coming weeks, with both teams working closely with that initial cohort to refine the experience before broader availability.

This story sits squarely in the ongoing digitisation of Nigerian business banking and fintech collaboration. Wema Bank has been positioning ALAT and ALAT for Business as its flagship digital platforms, part of a broader strategy to deepen digital banking penetration among Nigerian consumers and SMEs via the ALAT app. Nigeria has introduced regulations for electronic invoicing and compliance requirements via the Nigeria Revenue Service, prompting businesses and banks to seek integrated solutions for compliant e-invoicing and reporting.

There is an ongoing trend of Nigerian banks partnering with fintechs to enhance SME offerings, similar to other collaborations in payments, collections and working-capital tools. Duplo has produced marketing and educational content, including a TV news feature and social media reels, showcasing live demonstrations of the Duplo and Wema Bank integration from onboarding to approvals, invoicing to payments.

The collaboration shifts how Nigerian businesses manage their finances by combining banking and financial-management functions on a single platform. For SMEs and corporates, the change means fewer fragmented tools and direct access to compliance features without leaving the ALAT app. Banks gain an embedded solution that strengthens their SME offering against competitors, while Duplo secures distribution through an established banking channel rather than selling standalone software.

Duplo markets itself as the number 1 financial operating system for African businesses, indicating a broader African growth ambition beyond Nigeria. A successful integration with a major Nigerian bank could become a reference model for partnerships with other African banks and corporates.

Duplo, the number 1 financial operating system for African businesses, has partnered with Wema Bank to give ALAT by Wema Bank business customers access to a connected platform for managing their financial operations.

Financial terms of the Duplo and Wema Bank agreement and a precise timetable for full rollout have not been disclosed publicly. The integration covers domestic and cross-border payments, expense oversight and approvals, invoice creation and collections, and automated vendor payments, as described in launch materials for ALAT for Business.

Existing ALAT business customers will get three months of complimentary access to manage their business expenses on the platform, a window designed to let businesses feel the difference before committing. We’re initially solving a problem around compliance with regulation. We’ve empowered SMEs and corporate businesses in Nigeria with the ability to comply with the Nigeria Revenue Service regulation on electronic invoicing.

We have provided an integrated platform which addresses the question about compliance with regulation but more importantly empowers those businesses to have better visibility of financial flows for their businesses, which means that they are able to reconcile expenses more swiftly.

The teams will refine the experience with the first cohort before wider release. Readers should watch for the initial rollout updates and any announcements on full availability across ALAT for Business.