The eNaira speed wallet has disappeared from the Google Play Store barely 48 hours after its launch, REPORTERS AT LARGE has observed.
However, The PUNCH reports that the eNaira merchant wallet, which is designed for businesses, is still running and has over 10,000 downloads on the Google Play Store made available to Android users.
Checks on the Apple App Store showed that the eNaira speed wallet was still active but had been upgraded.
To access the eNaira, users have to download the ‘speed wallet’, which allows them to conduct transactions with speed and ease. It is a digital storage that holds the eNaira and is held and managed on a distributed ledger.
Before it disappeared, the speed wallet had a rating of 2.0 from 2, 150 reviews as of Tuesday evening with many complaining of glitches.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari Monday launched Nigeria’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the eNaira.
The eNaira has gone live after the official launching which took place at the State House in Abuja. An earlier plan to unveil the digital currency on October 1 was shelved.
