EBS National Payment Switch

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Sudan's national payment switch was damaged in the 2023-2025 conflict and restored in January 2026 — followed by roughly 100 million account-to-account transactions between January and May 2026.

Outcome🔄 Ongoing

Evidence🏛️ Official

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Run byElectronic Banking Services (EBS), the Central Bank of Sudan's payment arm

Scale🌍 National

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Electronic Banking Services (EBS), the Central Bank of Sudan's payment-infrastructure arm, runs the country's payment switch and cheque-clearing system from Khartoum. Damaged in the 2023-2025 conflict, cheque clearing was restored on 7 January 2026 and EBS was accredited as Sudan's first SWIFT service bureau in June 2026. On 6 August 2026 the central bank launched a new National Switch for interbank transfers, ATM withdrawals and bill payments, with Omdurman National Bank the first institution connected; EBS reports over 234 million account-to-account transfers since operations resumed — all figures operator-reported.

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📊 Impact

≈100 million account-to-account transactions January-May 2026 and 234 million+ since operations resumed (EBS/CBOS-reported); a new National Switch went live on 6 August 2026 with the first bank connected at launch.

🎓 Lesson

Payment rails can be rebuilt faster than the grid that powers them: Sudan relaunched its national switch in the same week it suffered its third nationwide blackout in seven days.

🏛️ Governance Digital government

Sources

↗ Central Bank of Sudan — Payment System (operator)

↗ allAfrica — Sudan electronic cheque clearing system restored

↗ Sudan Tribune — EBS accredited as SWIFT service bureau

↗ Sudan Horizon — Central Bank of Sudan launches National Switch services (6 Aug 2026)Trägt den Launch des neuen National Switch am 6.8.2026, Dienste (Überweisungen, ATM, Rechnungszahlung) und Omdurman National Bank als erste angeschlossene Bank.

↗ Sudan Horizon — EBS CEO interview: new national payment switch, 234M transfers (8 Jul 2026)Trägt die 234-Mio.-Transfers-Zahl (EBS-Selbstauskunft) und den Vertrags-/Betriebsrahmen des neuen Switch (EBS betreibt unter CBOS-Aufsicht).

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📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “EBS National Payment Switch” — Khartoum, Sudan. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/khartoum-banking-gateway/ (last verified 2026-08-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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