Marrakech – Cash Plus and Damanesign have launched a partnership to widen access to qualified electronic signature certificates in Morocco.
Under the arrangement, announced in Casablanca on Thursday, Cash Plus will act as a delegated registration authority and open an initial network of 13 agencies across 11 cities as deposit and collection points for the certificates issued by Damanesign.
The service targets companies, public institutions, and professionals at a time when administrative and business procedures are moving steadily online.
Users can visit a participating Cash Plus agency to file their application, complete the required identity verification, and – once Damanesign validates the request – collect a secure USB key holding their certificate.
That key enables its holder to complete operations that require an electronic signature. These include customs declarations through BADR, public procurement, Rokhas, and GID Fournisseurs.
The first phase covers agencies in Agadir, Casablanca, Dakhla, Fez, Kenitra, Laayoune, Marrakech, Nador, Oujda, Rabat, and Tanger. The service is open to companies of any legal form, public institutions, regulated professions such as notaries, experts, and lawyers, and import-export operators.
Each partner keeps a defined role. Cash Plus brings its branch network and in-person onboarding, while Damanesign remains responsible for issuing the certificates and ensuring their compliance.
Nabil Amar, CEO of Cash Plus, tied the agreement to the company’s aim of bringing clients closer to services linked to their professional routine.
“By making some of our agencies available as deposit and collection points, we contribute to making the journey more accessible and simpler for the companies and professionals concerned,” Amar added, “while fully respecting the roles and responsibilities of each actor.”
Zouhair Hamdaoui, CEO of Damanesign, framed the collaboration as a pairing of technology and physical proximity. The growth of electronic signatures, according to Hamdaoui, depends on giving users “a clear and accessible journey.”
He described the deal as a way to bring the firm’s certificates closer to businesses and professionals “in several regions of the kingdom, while maintaining the verification, security, and compliance requirements that frame their issuance.”
The setup operates under Law 43-20 on trust services for electronic transactions. Damanesign, a trust service provider approved by the Directorate General of Information Systems Security (DGSSI), issues qualified certificates for both electronic signature and electronic seal.
For Cash Plus, the agreement extends a broader move beyond money transfers. The group became Morocco’s first listed fintech when it joined the Casablanca Stock Exchange in December 2025 through an AMMC-approved operation worth MAD 750 million ($75 million). It now operates more than 5,500 agencies and serves over 12 million customers.
The company has paired that footprint with a steady push into digital services. Recent months brought instant bank transfers, QR-code mobile payments, and partnerships with Orange Maroc, PayPal, and Western Union. In the first half of 2026, its consolidated net banking income rose 15% to MAD 476 million ($47.6 million).
The Damanesign deal fits that direction. By placing certificate deposit and retrieval inside its agencies, Cash Plus adds a trust-related service to a network already built for in-person transactions, while Damanesign gains reach into regions where businesses may have had limited access to qualified electronic signatures.
