cross-border payments
Digital Economy
Algeria + PAPSS + AfCFTA: The Cross-Border Payment Rail Algerian SMEs Can Use Right Now
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria became the 18th member of PAPSS on August 15, 2025, connecting the Bank of Algeria to...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s eTrade Readiness: What the UNCTAD Assessment Means for Digital Exporters
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria launched its UNCTAD eTrade Readiness Assessment in August 2025, mapping seven policy pillars that determine cross-border...
Digital Economy
Algeria Joins PAPSS: What Pan-African Settlement Means for Exporters and Diaspora Remittances in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways The Bank of Algeria joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in 2025, becoming the 18th...
Digital Economy
Visa Direct Stablecoins: The $1.7T B2B Payments Flip
Visa Direct's stablecoin pilot hits limited availability April 2026. BVNK powers the rails, $4.5B annualized run rate — here's why it rewrites B2B.
Digital Economy
Convera and Ripple’s Stablecoin Sandwich: A $190B Cross-Border Treasury Bet
⚡ Key Takeaways On March 31, 2026, Convera — which processes roughly $190 billion in annual transaction volume across 200...
Digital Economy
Onafriq + PAPSS Open First Wallet-Based Nigeria-Ghana Corridor: Africa’s Cross-Border Payment Breakthrough
⚡ Key Takeaways On 2 February 2026, Onafriq and PAPSS launched Africa’s first wallet-based outbound payments corridor from Nigeria to...
Digital Economy
PayPal World Lands in Africa: Inside the 2026 Cross-Border Wallet Launch
PayPal is in talks with multiple African fintechs for a 2026 cross-border wallet launch targeting remittances and e-commerce in a $40B digital payments market.
Digital Economy
Stripe’s Tempo Blockchain: Rewriting Global Payments at 100K Transactions Per Second
Stripe's Tempo blockchain launched mainnet with 100K TPS and a Machine Payments Protocol for AI agents. Visa, Deutsche Bank, OpenAI among design partners.
Digital Economy
EU Instant Payments Regulation: The April 2026 Deadline That Exposes Who Is Ready
⚡ Key Takeaways The EU Instant Payments Regulation (2024/886) forces all eurozone PSPs to submit their first compliance reports by...
Startups
DeFi in Africa: Decentralized Finance Reshapes Cross-Border Payments
Africa moved $200B in on-chain value while Algeria enforces a strict crypto ban. How DeFi reshapes African finance.
Digital Economy
Swift’s Blockchain Ledger: 50+ Banks Building 24/7 Cross-Border Payments
⚡ Key Takeaways Swift has completed the design of a blockchain-based shared ledger for 24/7 cross-border payments using tokenized deposits,...
