cross-border payments
Policy & Regulation
India Proposes Linking BRICS Members’ Digital Currencies for Cross-Border Trade at 2026 Summit
🧭 Decision Radar Relevance for Algeria Medium ▾ Algeria has expressed interest in BRICS membership and maintains significant trade relationships...
Digital Economy
Stripe’s $53 Billion PayPal Bid: The Fight to Own Stablecoin Checkout
Stripe and Advent's $53B bid for PayPal is a bet to vertically integrate stablecoin payments. What it means for cross-border money and Algeria.
Startups
Fasset’s $1B Moment: How a Stablecoin Neobank Turned Cross-Border Rails Into a Unicorn
⚡ Key Takeaways Fasset, a stablecoin-powered neobank for emerging markets founded in 2019 by Mohammad Raafi Hossain and Daniel Ahmed,...
Digital Economy
Stablecoins Go Mainstream in African Payments: The DRC Pilot and a Regulatory Wave
Visa, M-PESA and Onafriq launched a DRC stablecoin pilot as Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria formalize rules — pulling stablecoins mainstream. What it means for Algeria.
Digital Economy
Mastercard’s $1.8B BVNK Deal: Why a Card Network Just Bought Stablecoin Rails
Mastercard closed its $1.8B BVNK acquisition on Aug 3, 2026, gaining $30B in annual stablecoin volume. Here's why it bought instead of partnered.
Startups
Yellow Card’s $40M Round: How an African Fintech Is Wiring Stablecoins Into Banks
Yellow Card raised $40M from SC Ventures, Sony and Polychain to connect banks directly to stablecoin infrastructure across 50+ countries.
Digital Economy
Project Nexus: The BIS Bid to Wire the World’s Instant Payment Rails Together
⚡ Key Takeaways On February 9, 2026, Nexus Global Payments selected a PayNet-NETS joint venture as technical operator to build...
Digital Economy
Algeria Opens the Outbound Door: Web Merchants Can Now Accept Visa and Mastercard from Abroad
⚡ Key Takeaways A Bank of Algeria reform finalized on May 14, 2026 lets Algerian web merchants accept inbound Visa,...
Digital Economy
MoneyGram Launches MGUSD: A Legacy Remittance Giant’s Bet on Stablecoins
⚡ Key Takeaways MoneyGram launched MGUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin on Stellar, on June 2, 2026. Issued by Stripe’s Bridge under...
Digital Economy
Building on PAPSS: A Developer Guide to Cross-Border Payments for Algerian Fintech
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria became the 18th PAPSS member in August 2025, and the Fintech Strategy 2024-2030 targets a regulatory...
Digital Economy
Mastercard Joins ECB’s TIPS Cross-Currency Pilot: Atomic FX Settlement Reshapes Cross-Border Payments in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Mastercard Move became one of the first non-bank payment providers to complete EUR–DKK atomic settlement in central...
