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Perspectives from the frontline of cross-border payments.

Perspectives on cross-border payments, FX risk, treasury, and regulation across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

PAPSS vs. Traditional Settlement: A Clear-Eyed Guide for Banks That Need to Use Both

Three-plus years after launch, the honest assessment of PAPSS is more nuanced than the launch narrative. The strategic question is rarely 'PAPSS or SWIFT' — it is which corridors and transaction types each serves well, and what technology layer lets you use both intelligently.

May 27, 2026Read article

Treasury & Liquidity13 min read

Nigeria's FX Liquidity Problem: What It Actually Takes to Operate Through It

Nigeria is Africa's largest economy and one of the most operationally demanding payment environments in the world. The operators who do it well did not treat the FX environment as a logistics problem to optimise — they understood it as a market reality to be deeply understood, and built accordingly.

May 26, 2026Read article

Cross-Border Payments11 min read

East African Trade Finance: What the Opportunity Actually Looks Like From the Inside

East Africa's payments landscape is genuinely exciting, and genuinely complicated in ways most overview articles gloss over. Over 400 million people, a world-leading mobile money story, and an $80 billion trade finance gap that is as much a market to be built as a problem to be solved.

May 22, 2026Read article

Cross-Border Payments11 min read

AfCFTA and Cross-Border Payments: What's Actually Changing, and What Isn't Yet

The African Continental Free Trade Area is the largest free trade area in the world by number of countries. The tariff reductions are real — but moving money across these newly opened corridors is still a work in progress. Where the real commercial opportunity actually sits.

May 21, 2026Read article

Cross-Border Payments10 min read

The Rise of Stablecoins in African Cross-Border Settlements

Stablecoins are no longer a pilot or a theory in African cross-border payments — they are an operational reality that a growing number of businesses, fintechs, and treasury teams already run on. A practical look at what they offer, where they are working, and what to watch.

May 20, 2026Read article

Treasury & Liquidity8 min read

Navigating the Storm: FX Exposure Management in Volatile Emerging Markets

The trade corridors connecting Africa, the Middle East, and Asia represent some of the most dynamic growth opportunities in the global economy — but the currencies here can be brutally unpredictable. A look at the realities of FX exposure and the tools now available to manage it.

May 13, 2026Read article

Regulation & Compliance12 min read

International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs): Regulations and Requirements

Trillions of dollars move through IMTO networks every year, connecting economies that would otherwise struggle to transact. But the regulatory environment IMTOs operate in is anything but simple — here is what it takes to get right.

May 13, 2026Read article

Cross-Border Payments9 min read

Understanding Cross-Border Settlement Networks

If you have ever wired money internationally and wondered why it took three days — and why your supplier received less than you sent — you are not alone. A practical guide to how modern settlement networks work and why AMEA is leading the change.

May 13, 2026Read article

Treasury & Liquidity10 min read

How African Banks Can Optimize Their Treasury Management

African banking is changing at a pace that feels genuinely different from anything seen in previous decades. Treasury is right at the centre of that shift — and the banks that recognise it as a strategic function are pulling ahead.

May 13, 2026Read article

Cross-Border Payments10 min read

What Is a Liquidity Provider? A Practical Guide for Banks and FIs

Every time your bank moves money across a border, there's a question being answered in the background: is the money actually there, in the right currency, right now? A practical breakdown of liquidity providers and why they matter more than ever in AMEA.

May 13, 2026Read article

Perspectives from the frontline of cross-border payments.

PAPSS vs. Traditional Settlement: A Clear-Eyed Guide for Banks That Need to Use Both

Nigeria's FX Liquidity Problem: What It Actually Takes to Operate Through It

East African Trade Finance: What the Opportunity Actually Looks Like From the Inside

AfCFTA and Cross-Border Payments: What's Actually Changing, and What Isn't Yet

The Rise of Stablecoins in African Cross-Border Settlements

Navigating the Storm: FX Exposure Management in Volatile Emerging Markets

International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs): Regulations and Requirements

Understanding Cross-Border Settlement Networks

How African Banks Can Optimize Their Treasury Management

What Is a Liquidity Provider? A Practical Guide for Banks and FIs

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