cross-border payments
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...
Digital Economy
B2B Cross-Border Payments: How ISO 20022 and Real-Time Rails Are Cutting SME Costs
⚡ Key Takeaways B2B cross-border payments move $23.5 trillion annually yet cost businesses over $120 billion in fees, FX spreads,...
Policy & Regulation
AfCFTA Payments Annex: What Algerian PSPs Must Do Before 2029
⚡ Key Takeaways The AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol’s cross-border payments annex sets a ~2029 interoperability deadline. Algeria joined PAPSS in...
Digital Economy
East Africa’s Digital Trade Inflection: Why 2026 Is the Year Cross-Border E-Commerce Breaks Through
⚡ Key Takeaways East Africa’s digital commerce market is at an inflection point driven by the EAC Cross-Border Payment System...
Digital Economy
Stablecoins Cross the Enterprise Threshold: $5 Trillion B2B Corridor by 2035
⚡ Key Takeaways Cross-border B2B stablecoin payments will reach $5 trillion by 2035, from $13.4 billion in 2026 — a...
Startups
PAPSS and the Algerian Startup: Unlocking Cross-Border Payments Across Africa
⚡ Key Takeaways The Bank of Algeria joined PAPSS on August 15, 2025, connecting Algeria to a continental payment network...
