Trusted by 300+ financial institutions across Africa
The intelligence layer for modern banking.
Financial institutions use Locator Map Plus to power real-time branch discovery, ATM network visibility, and geospatial operations — in a single enterprise integration. Every branch. Every ATM. Every agent.
Mobile apps redirect to third-party tools that leak customer data and brand equity.
The cost
Every wrong turn is revenue lost.
23%branch visits abandoned
$48K/yr on Maps API quotas
Every misdirected customer becomes a competitor’s prospect.
The solution
One platform. Built for banks.
100%custom branded & owned
7+regulators’ frameworks ready
Mobile-first, real-time, and designed by Map & Allied for African financial institutions — and only African financial institutions.
Measured outcomes
Real results from 300+ institutions.
0Avg engagement lift
0Fewer enquiry calls
0Faster compliance reporting
0More completed visits
The Platform
Every location type. Already supported.
Banking customers do not think in generic “locations.” They search for the exact service they need — whether that is a deposit ATM, forex-enabled machine, premier branch, accessible ATM, or agent banking outlet. Locator Map Plus supports detailed banking service classification designed specifically for real-world financial access behavior.
Premium Branches
Flagship branches, premier banking lounges, wealth management centers, and full-service retail branches with detailed service availability, operating hours, imagery, and accessibility information.
Full-service banking
ATMs
Standard withdrawal ATMs with live operational status, accessibility metadata, service tagging, and customer routing support.
Live operational visibility
Cash Deposit Machines (CDMs)
Deposit-enabled ATMs clearly differentiated from withdrawal-only machines to reduce failed customer journeys and improve transaction convenience.
Deposit-ready infrastructure
Video Teller Machines (VTMs)
Video-assisted banking terminals supporting remote teller interactions, multilingual service availability, and assisted customer transactions.
Live assisted banking
USD & Forex-Enabled ATMs
Forex-enabled and USD-dispensing machines specifically tagged for high-demand forex markets and international banking customers.
Forex-enabled access
Bank Agents
Agency banking and financial access agents with live operational status, supported services, operating hours, and transaction capability visibility.
Distributed financial access
EMV & Card Capability Support
Enable customers to identify ATMs and terminals supporting EMV chip transactions, contactless payments, international cards, and other payment capabilities before visiting.
Payment-ready discovery
Accessibility & Inclusive Banking
Support accessible banking discovery with handicap-accessible branches, wheelchair-friendly entrances, accessible ATMs, and inclusive customer access indicators.
Accessible financial services
Safe Deposit & Specialized Services
Allow customers to discover branches offering safe deposit boxes, corporate banking, wealth management, business banking, and other specialized services.
Specialized banking access
Military & Restricted Locations
Secure handling for military branches, embassy banking facilities, staff-only sites, and restricted-access service locations with configurable visibility controls.
Controlled-access infrastructure
Forex Bureaus & Money Transfer
Foreign exchange counters, remittance points, and money transfer outlets tagged with supported currencies, payout partners, and operating hours for cross-border and travel banking customers.
Currency & remittance access
Night Deposit & Drop Boxes
After-hours night-deposit safes and drop-box facilities clearly identified, so business and retail customers can locate secure cash-handling points outside standard branch hours.
After-hours cash handling
Integrated navigation
Let customers choose how they navigate.
Locator Map Plus provides seamless routing and navigation handoff across the customer’s preferred navigation ecosystem instead of forcing dependence on a single mapping provider.
Customers can instantly launch directions using their preferred navigation application while maintaining continuity from your institution’s own digital experience.
Support for Google Maps, Apple Maps, HERE WeGo, Yandex, Waze, and other navigation apps
Destination pre-filled with accurate geographic coordinates
Mobile-native routing handoff experiences
Consistent navigation across iOS, Android, and web
Geographic continuity without locking customers into a single map ecosystem
Platform features
Step through every capability.
Twelve capabilities. One platform. Tap any feature to explore the detail — or scroll through them all.
Designed from mobile up. Pixel-perfect on entry-level Android and iPhone Pro alike. Sub-2-second load on 3G networks — built for the realities of African connectivity.
Display every branch, ATM, CDM, VTM, USD-dispensing ATM, and bank agent on a single intelligent map — with custom icons, branded pins, and live operational status.
Full WCAG 2.2 AA compliance. Screen-reader optimised. High-contrast mode. Audio ATM filter. Wheelchair access flag. Hearing loop indicator. Accessibility data per location.
Deploy once, run everywhere — website, mobile banking app, internal staff portals, partner integrations. WebView SDK, REST API, embed iframe, and mini-maps. One source of truth across every channel.
Auto-generated SEO-ready landing pages for every location — with LocalBusiness schema markup, embedded mini-map, photos, hours, and accessibility data. Every branch becomes a discoverable, indexable page.
Serve location-aware banners, promotions, and cross-sell offers at the moment of intent. Drive footfall to under-performing branches. Promote services to customers within radius.
Real-time open/closed status computed from timezone-aware schedules. Live ATM uptime. Live agent availability. No stale "8am–4:30pm" badges showing as open at 7pm.
"ATM Under Maintenance" alerts appear instantly. Customers routed to next nearest working machine. Pre-schedule public holiday closures — activate and deactivate automatically.
Search by city, branch name, or area. Filter by services — forex, premier banking, CDM deposit, USD dispensing, agent cash-out. Live autocomplete. Drag & pan map. One-tap GPS “Find Near Me”.
REST API with webhooks. WebView SDK. One-line embed. CSV bulk import. Two-way sync with core banking, CRM, chatbot, USSD gateway, or data warehouse. Integrates without rebuilding.
Geographic search heatmaps. Zero-result tracking — the searches you are currently missing. Filter usage analytics. Per-location performance benchmarking. Board-ready exports for strategy reviews.
Every location carries a full profile — photos, hours, services, accessibility, phone, directions, share via SMS/email. Customers see the branch before they travel. Reduces no-show and abandoned visits.
Regulator-formatted exports for CBK, CBN, BOT, BOU, BNR, BOG, SARB. GPS capture per agent. Timestamped change history. Annual renewal automation. Every change attributable.
Branch photos browsable in a full-screen slideshow inside the locator. Entrance views, parking, security, accessibility. Customers feel safe before they arrive. 28% safety-perception lift documented in deployments.
Customers book branch appointments directly from the locator. Live wait-time estimates per branch. Demand shifts to quieter branches automatically. 35% peak-hour congestion drop documented.
Drop a single-location map into each branch page — the branch shown on a consistently formatted, nicely zoomed map carrying your branding, not a competitor's adverts. Paste the script, reference the location's ID, and it's live.
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Mobile-First Responsive Design
Designed from mobile up. Pixel-perfect on entry-level Android and iPhone Pro alike. Sub-2-second load on 3G networks — built for the realities of African connectivity.
Custom pin icons by location type — branches, ATMs, CDMs, agents — distinguishable at a glance.
Samsung Galaxy
Live status · Open now
Open or closed computed live from timezone-aware schedules. No stale data.
iPhone SE
Small screen · Dense pins
Pin clustering that resolves on zoom. No overlap, no confusion, no lost branches.
02 — Tablet
For staff. For executives.
On iPad and Galaxy Tab — perfect for branch staff assisting customers, executives reviewing performance, field teams updating records.
iPad Pro optimisedGalaxy Tab nativeApple Pencil ready
iPad Pro 11″ · Branch Detail
Rich location cards with full actions
Branch name, address, phone, distance, open/closed status, and quick-action tabs — Hours, Directions, Pictures, Street View, Share — all in one tap, side panel preserved.
Galaxy Tab S7 · Restricted Access
Compliance metadata at a glance
Surface restricted-access branches, accessibility tags, and compliance attributes directly in the location card. Built for branch officers and compliance teams.
03 — Laptop & Desktop
The full intelligence layer. In every browser.
For digital teams, administrators, marketing leads, and customer-experience analysts. Built for the people running the network.
Customers share a specific branch or ATM directly from the locator with friends and family — conversion-driven micro-features that drive engagement and word-of-mouth.
MacBook Air · Branch Page
SEO-ready branch landing pages
Every location is a discoverable, indexable page with LocalBusiness schema — driving organic Google visibility for every branch in your network.
Channel ubiquity
One integration. Every channel.
Deploy once. Run everywhere. The same intelligent locator surfaces across your website, mobile banking app, staff portals, branch tablets, and partner integrations — without rebuilding for each channel.
Single source of truth — every channel reads the same backend
WebView SDK for iOS & Android apps
REST API for custom integrations & chatbots
Embeddable iframe for WordPress, Drupal, custom CMS
No more IT tickets to change branch hours. No more 14-day update cycles. No more incorrect data going live because a vendor change request got lost in email. Your team owns the data, the workflow, and the publication cycle — end to end.
Any authorised staff updates branch data live, instantly
Role-based permissions: branch / region / country
Pre-schedule public holidays with auto-activation
Bulk CSV import for thousands of records
Full audit trail — every change timestamped & attributable
Where should the next branch open? Which agents are underperforming? Where are customers searching but finding nothing? Stop guessing. The platform turns every customer search into intelligence — an evidence base for every network decision.
Geographic search heatmaps reveal demand vs. coverage gaps
Zero-result tracking — searches you are currently missing
Filter usage analytics — what services customers actually want
Built for banks. Not adapted from retail software.
Most locator platforms were originally built for retail stores and later repurposed for financial institutions. Locator Map Plus was engineered from the beginning around the operational, regulatory, security, and infrastructure realities of modern banking networks across Africa.
From multi-regulator compliance and geographic auditability to ATM service taxonomy, operational continuity, and enterprise governance, the platform delivers the controls and resilience financial institutions actually require.
Locator Map Plus is not a lightweight marketing widget or a consumer mapping tool adapted for banking. It is enterprise location infrastructure powering customer access experiences for hundreds of financial institutions across Africa.
From branch discovery and ATM networks to agent banking and digital channels, the platform is engineered for the resilience, security, and scalability required in regulated financial environments — ensuring continuous availability, secure access, and reliable performance at scale.
99.9% uptime SLA backed by enterprise-grade infrastructure
Active-active multi-region deployment architecture for high availability
No single point of operational failure across critical platform components
Penetration-tested and OWASP-aligned security posture
Security and operational controls designed for regulated financial environments
Independent of Google Maps APIs, usage quotas, and third-party mapping restrictions
Enterprise scalability for nationwide, regional, and multi-country deployments
Built to support millions of customer searches and location lookups annually
Drop into your iOS or Android app with no rebuild. Same intelligent locator, native experience.
Mobile UX
Role-based access control
Branch, region, country-level permissions. Distributed teams without compromising governance.
Bulk CSV import & export
Update thousands of records in seconds. CSV templates for branches, ATMs, agents.
Full audit trail
Every change timestamped, attributable, exportable. Ready for regulator audit on demand.
Full branding control
Custom icons. Custom CSS. Custom map styles. Custom domain. Your brand, end to end.
REST API & webhooks
Two-way sync with core banking. Push from your master systems, pull insights into yours.
Admin portal
What we build for you
From a single branch locator to a national ATM network.
When customers search for a branch or ATM, they should find accurate information everywhere — on Google, Apple Maps, your website, and inside your banking app. Our platform ensures your digital channels remain the primary destination for customer engagement. Here are six of the solutions that make it happen — explore the full platform for the complete set.
Branch & ATM Locator
Turn “find a branch” and “ATM near me” searches into completed visits. Every branch, ATM, CDM, VTM, and bank agent in one fast, intuitive locator that lives inside your website, mobile app, and online banking.
One-tap ‘find me’ returns the nearest locations, ranked by distance
Predictive search and service filters — forex, USD ATMs, premier, agent cash-out
Live open/closed hours, photos, and directions for every location
Your brand, your map pins — built on OpenStreetMap, with no Google Maps fees
Flagship
ATM Network Platform
Run a nationwide ATM network across dozens of member institutions from a single platform. Promote every terminal, increase utilisation, and turn your network into a powerful service and marketing channel.
Network locator & NetMap widgets embed in every member’s website to drive nationwide ATM discovery
Proximity marketing matches customer lists to their nearest ATMs for personalised email and SMS campaigns
Location APIs & data export feed members, partners, and third-party apps in real time
Auto-publishing pushes every terminal to Google, Apple & Bing Maps — managed in one place
Live outage alerts warn customers before they travel to an ATM that’s down
In-App & Mobile Integration
Your customers search for branches and ATMs on the move. The locator integrates directly into your mobile app and digital banking experience, delivering a seamless experience without additional maintenance overhead.
One WebView embed for iOS, Android, and digital banking
Full REST APIs if your team would rather build their own screen
Geolocation-aware and deep-linkable from anywhere in your app
Self-Service Administration & Reporting
Give your operations team complete control over your location network. Update branches, manage ATM availability, change operating hours, upload new imagery, and publish changes instantly — without IT tickets or development cycles.
Bulk spreadsheet uploads and scheduled automated data updates
Drag-and-drop pin placement, branding, imagery, and search settings
Role-based access with SSO; daily traffic, usage, and search reporting
Search Intelligence
Every search reveals customer demand. Understand where customers are looking for services, identify underserved areas, and make expansion decisions based on real-world behaviour rather than assumptions.
Real-time heat mapping and cluster mapping of customer searches
Spot demand gaps — areas with searches but no presence
Demographic research tools for any market you’re evaluating
Local SEO Content Engine
Be the result when customers search for branches, ATMs, agents, or banking services online. Our platform automatically generates and maintains thousands of search-optimised location pages, ensuring search engines and customers always discover accurate location information.
LocalBusiness schema, mini-maps, hours, and directions on every page
Keyword-rich pages at country, county, city, and location level
Updates automatically from your data — zero extra effort
Locator Map Plus delivers operational value across every department involved in customer access, compliance, operations, marketing, network planning, and digital banking.
Customer Service
Reduce “nearest branch” and ATM support requests by enabling customers to self-serve with accurate, real-time discovery experiences.
Operations
Monitor search demand, optimize network performance, identify underperforming service points, and improve operational visibility across distributed banking infrastructure.
Marketing & Sales
Launch geo-personalized campaigns, regional promotions, and proximity-based customer engagement tied directly to branch, ATM, and agent infrastructure.
Technology
Integrate quickly through REST APIs, embeddable components, SDKs, and enterprise-ready deployment architecture designed for banking environments.
Use geographic intelligence and customer access analytics to guide branch expansion, ATM optimization, accessibility planning, and network transformation strategies.
Intelligence layer
Stop guessing. Start knowing.
Every customer search becomes intelligence. Heatmaps reveal coverage gaps. Zero-result tracking surfaces unserved demand. Filter usage tells you what services customers actually want. The evidence base for every network decision your institution makes.
Sample insight from a Tier-1 bank
847 weekly searches
for "USD ATM" returned zero results despite three USD-dispensing machines in network. Discovered through zero-result tracking. Filter added in 48 hours. Customer routing fixed permanently.
Search demand heatmaps
Geographic visualisation of customer search density vs. branch coverage
Zero-result tracking
The searches you are currently missing — your evidence base for network expansion
Filter usage analytics
What services customers actually filter for — and which filters convert
No re-platforming. No vendor lock-in. Six integration patterns — pick the one that fits your team and your timeline.
One-line Embed
Single script tag. WordPress, Drupal, custom HTML, React, Angular — any stack, live in minutes.
Mobile SDK
Native Android and iOS SDKs. Drop into your mobile banking app in a single sprint with zero UI friction.
REST API
Full REST API with webhooks. Connect core banking, CRM, chatbot, USSD gateway, or data warehouse.
Bulk CSV Import
Upload thousands of locations in a spreadsheet. We validate, geocode, and go live automatically.
Mini-maps
Single-location mini-maps on individual branch pages for enhanced SEO and local discovery.
LocalBusiness SEO
Auto-generated structured data for every location — driving organic Google visibility across your network.
Deployment
Live in days, not months.
From first call to live deployment — the fastest path in financial-services software. Four steps. Documented, repeatable, and honest about timing.
01
Discovery call
45 minutes. We map your network, systems, goals, and compliance requirements.
Day 1
02
Data import
Bulk CSV or live API. We validate, geocode, and configure every location.
Days 2–3
03
Brand & configure
Your colours, icons, filters, and languages applied to match your exact brand identity.
Days 4–5
04
Embed & launch
One script tag. Live, analytics flowing, customers finding you — from day one.
Day 6
African coverage
Live across 12 markets.
Designed in Africa, for Africa. 7 regulators supported. 12 currencies handled. Data residency in AWS Africa or on-premises — your choice.
Active institutions
300+ across Africa
Live data
Built for where banking is complex.
Multilingual markets, multi-regulator jurisdictions, low-bandwidth networks, and large-scale physical networks. This is where the platform was built to operate.
Sub-2-second loads on 3G networks
English, Swahili, French, Arabic, Portuguese
Pre-formatted central bank compliance reports
Region-aware holiday calendar intelligence
Mobile money native — M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money
Data residency: AWS Africa or on-premise
Live platform
Two live demos. One decision.
Two live environments — the full network view and the compact embedded view. Exactly as deployed for institutions across Africa. Compare either against your current locator right now.
locator-map.com/demo — Full Network View
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These are live demonstrations of the Locator Map Plus platform. Branded bank examples shown elsewhere on this site illustrate how the locator can be styled and are not official services of, affiliated with, or endorsed by the institutions shown; all bank names and logos remain the property of their respective owners.
What institutions say
Real outcomes. Real institutions.
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Locator Map Plus reduced our customer "where is the nearest agent?" calls by 74% in the first month. Our agent banking network is finally discoverable to the customers who need it.
Head of Digital ChannelsTier-1 Nigerian Bank
74% call reduction
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We now show CDMs separately from standard ATMs. Customers find the right machine the first time. Misdirected trips dropped immediately and measurably.
Channel ManagerEast African Bank
Zero misdirected trips
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CBK compliance exports saved us weeks every reporting cycle. GPS capture, audit trails, annual renewal — fully automated. We no longer dread regulatory season.
Agent Banking OfficerKenyan Bank
90% faster compliance
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Before Locator Map Plus, our website had a static list with a Google Maps link. We were handing warm customers directly to competitor branches. That stopped the day we launched.
Chief Digital OfficerRegional Bank, Kenya
23% more completed visits
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We identified a peri-urban area with 12,000 monthly withdrawals but only one agent 2km away. The gap analysis told us exactly where to deploy. Transaction volume tripled.
Head of Agency BankingCommercial Bank, East Africa
140% transaction growth
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The zero-result tracker showed us customers were searching for USD-dispensing ATMs and finding nothing. We had three — they just weren't labelled. Fixed in an afternoon.
Digital Operations ManagerForex-active Bank
USD ATM searches resolved
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We merged with another bank and had 120 overlapping branches. Locator Map Plus gave us a consolidated network map on day one. Eighteen sites consolidated. Operating costs down 23%.
COOPost-merger Banking Group
23% cost reduction
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Our accessible ATM data was a single checkbox. Now each location carries step-free access detail, hearing loop status, and accessible ATM specifications. Customers with disabilities can plan confidently.
Inclusion & Diversity LeadPan-African Bank
Full accessibility verified
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Appointment booking from the locator reduced walk-in congestion by 35% and dropped appointment wait times from 25 minutes to under 5. Branch satisfaction went from 3.2 to 4.5 out of 5.
Branch Network DirectorRetail Bank, Kenya
4.5/5 satisfaction
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CICO network growth used to depend on a sales team guessing where to recruit agents. Now demand heatmaps show us exactly where customers search but find nothing. Our network grew 140% — every new agent in a proven-demand location.
Head of Agent BankingTier-1 Bank, Kenya
140% network growth
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Branch acquisition used to be a board-deck guessing game. Now we evaluate every new site against documented search demand. Two of our last three branch openings broke even within four months.
Head of Branch StrategyUniversal Bank, Ghana
Break-even in 4 months
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Real-time queue intelligence is what most institutions are missing. Showing customers wait times reduced our peak-hour congestion by 35% and shifted demand to quieter branches automatically. The data did the work.
Operations DirectorCommercial Bank, Tanzania
35% peak drop
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For BOT compliance reporting we had three weeks. With Locator Map Plus the GPS exports, agent records, and timestamped change history were ready in 90 minutes. The regulator complimented us on data quality. Unprecedented for us.
Compliance DirectorRegional Bank, Tanzania
3 weeks → 90 min
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Branch photos were the unexpected win. First-time customers — especially women travelling alone in the evening — can see the branch entrance, parking, and security before arriving. Customer satisfaction on "feeling safe to visit" went up 28%.
Customer Experience LeadMid-Tier Bank, Nigeria
28% safety lift
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Migrating from Google Maps to Locator Map Plus saved us $48,000 annually on API fees alone — and our customers no longer land on a map showing six of our competitors when they're trying to find us.
AWS Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town) for cloud residency. On-premises deployment for institutions requiring full data sovereignty. Never shared with third-party map providers.
AWS Africa or on-prem
No Google Maps dependency
OpenStreetMap + Leaflet. No Google Maps API quotas. No surprise pricing. No customer data leaking to third-party advertising networks. No competitor pins appearing alongside yours.
Independent infra
99.9% uptime SLA
Active-active multi-region architecture. Contractual SLA, not aspirational. The platform that runs the locator for 300+ institutions across 12 markets has never had a regional outage.
Every location change timestamped and attributable. GPS-captured agent records. Annual renewal exports automated. Your CRO will receive the cleanest network records they have ever seen.
Full audit trail
Pricing
Four tiers. No surprises.
No per-search fees. No revenue share. No Google Maps quotas. Transparent, location-based pricing that scales with your network.
All plans include full branding control, custom icons, and unlimited searches. No per-search fees. No revenue share. Get a tailored quote →
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Locator Map Plus has redefined what we expect from our digital channels. Customer-search analytics replaced guesswork with evidence. Our network strategy is now data-driven for the first time in our institution's history.
Make every branch findable. Make every visit countable.
Join 300+ financial institutions across Africa using Locator Map Plus to power branch discovery, ATM intelligence, and agent network visibility — in a single enterprise integration.
