Bank of Algeria
Policy & Regulation
Inside Algeria’s PSP Sandbox: How Fintech Founders Can Prepare for the 2026 Cohort
Bank of Algeria's PSP sandbox opens in 2026 for up to 20 fintech innovators. Here's the application package founders should be assembling now.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Tiered KYC: How Instruction 06-2025 Unlocks Onboarding for Algeria’s Unbanked
Bank of Algeria's Instruction 06-2025 sets a 3-tier KYC ladder for PSPs — the onboarding blueprint for reaching Algeria's 57% unbanked adults.
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Crypto Ban Under Law 25-10: Regulated Digital Finance Channels That Remain Open
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Law 25-10 (July 2025) criminalised all cryptocurrency activities with penalties up to one year imprisonment and...
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria’s Fintech PSPs and the New Fraud Frontier: Tools to Harden Digital Payment Security in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s 30-35 licensed PSPs operate under Bank of Algeria Instruction 06-2025 while facing the same fraud explosion...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Fintech Sandbox: What Instruction 06-2025 Means for Payment Startups in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Bank of Algeria Instruction 06-2025 established Algeria’s first formal Payment Service Provider licensing framework with tiered digital...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Fintech Sandbox: What the Coming PSP Licences Will Mean for the Digital Economy
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Bank of Algeria Instruction 06-2025 (August 2025) creates the country’s first formal PSP licensing framework: three-tier...
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria Fintech Security Playbook: Hardening PSPs Under Instruction 06-2025
⚡ Key Takeaways Bank of Algeria’s Instruction 06-2025 establishes three KYC tiers (DZD 100K/500K/1M), mandatory customer fund escrow, strong SCA,...
Digital Economy
Digital KYC in Algeria: How eSIM-Linked Identity Could Unlock Remote Banking Onboarding
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria has a 57% unbanked adult population but mandatory biometric national IDs since 2016 and 54.8 million...
Digital Economy
From 644 to 859: Algeria’s Web Merchant Surge and the Fintech Sandbox Window
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s certified web merchant count grew 33% in Q1 2026 — from 644 to 859 in three...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria Post-Crypto-Ban: CBDC Research and the Enterprise Blockchain Question
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Law 25-10 (July 2025) criminalized all private crypto activity, but Monetary and Banking Law No. 23-09...
Digital Economy
Loop Files Algeria’s First PSP Licence: What the Sandbox Going Live Means for Fintech Founders
⚡ Key Takeaways Loop, Algeria’s first SA-structured fintech startup, has filed the first PSP licence application under the Bank of...
