Clydestone Ghana Ltd is an indigenous IT Company and first in the IT industry to be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. In its 30 years of existence, Clydestone has moved the frontiers of technology and is currently the leading provider of payment systems solutions in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. Clydestone provides Cheque Truncation Systems to 12 of Ghana’s leading Banks, it also runs G-switch (Global Switch), an Electronic Payment Platform providing Transaction Switching, Third Party Processing and EFT hosting services to Banks, Independent Service Organizations (ISO’s) and Micro Finance Institutions (MFI’s). . G-switch operates a secure, real-time, regulatory compliant processing platform located in Accra – Ghana that utilizes state-of the- art technology. G-switch is certified with China Union Pay International (UPI ), the Chinese Bankcard Association as a Third Party Processor as well as an American Express for Online Acquring processing for Merchants. Clydestone is also a Principal Acquiring Member for UPI and offers acquiring services to 19 Banks in Africa. Clydestone provides Authentication Solutions for 3Dsecure for Issuers and Acquirers under its G-secure branded Service for Visa, MasterCard, American Express.