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EBS National Payment Switch

Electronic Banking Services (EBS), the Central Bank of Sudan's payment-infrastructure arm, runs the country's national payment switch and cheque-clearing system. Damaged by the 2023-2025 conflict, clearing was restored in January 2026; EBS reports roughly 100 million account-to-account transactions between January and May 2026.

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📊 Impact

≈100 million account-to-account transactions between January and May 2026 (EBS/CBOS-reported).

Evidence🏛️ Official

Scale🌍 National

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Sources

↗ Central Bank of Sudan — Payment System (operator)Official CBOS page confirming EBS's role operating the national switch and clearing house.

↗ allAfrica — Sudan electronic cheque clearing system restoredConfirms the system was down during the war and restored 7 Jan 2026, with new daily clearing limits.

↗ Sudan Tribune — EBS accredited as SWIFT service bureauCites ~100 million A2A transactions Jan–May 2026; needs primary re-verification, site blocked automated fetch (403).

This overview was generated with AI from the public sources listed above and checked against them before publication. It has not had a complete human fact-check — treat it as a starting point and follow the sources.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “EBS National Payment Switch” — Khartoum, Sudan. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/khartoum-banking-gateway/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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