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  1. Building real solutions: The Interledger Hackathon Winners 2025

    At the 2025 Interledger Hackathon in Mexico City, 47 teams developed practical solutions for interoperable payments, with winners tackling global remittances, device-less payments, education-linked funding, and conversational finance to drive financial inclusion.

    5 min read
    Team of developers working together on laptops at a table during the Interledger Hackathon 2025.

  2. Grantee Spotlight: A Boost for MSMEs with BessPay Plugin's Seamless Payment Solutions

    The article introduces the BessPay Plugin, a tool that helps MSMEs in emerging economies receive fast, low-cost, cross-border payments in their local currency by integrating Interledger Open Payments with the Sharetribe platform. The project has progressed through technical development, pilot research, and partnerships, positioning BessPay as a promising solution for advancing financial inclusion and enabling broader participation in global digital commerce.

    4 min read
    Douglas Davidson, co-founder of BessPay, presenting in front of a screen displaying the text: ā€˜BessPay ā€“ Easier, Cheaper and Faster Payments for MSMEs.ā€™

  3. Turning Headlines into Backyard Conversations: Lessons from the 2025 OFN Conference

    The article discusses key takeaways from the 2025 OFN Conference, emphasizing that building trust in community finance requires "turning headlines into backyard conversations" ā€” meeting people where they are with language that speaks to their daily realities rather than abstract concepts.

    Casey Ariel Dikeā€™, Founder & CEO of Blaze Group, Contractor for the Interledger Foundation
    4 min read
    Speaker at the OFN Conference

  4. Mexico Joins the Interledger Network

    Mexico joined the Interledger Network through a month-long tour of student hackathons, events, and fintech engagements across four cities, involving over 500 students from more than 40 universities.

    Marian Villa
    8 min read
    Mexico Student Hackathon

  5. Grantee Spotlight: Rafiki Remit Set on Slashing Costs and Speeding up Transactions

    Rafiki Remit, developed by Paysys Labs in partnership with Allied Bank, is transforming cross-border payments in Pakistan using the Interledger Protocol to enable faster, low-cost, and inclusive remittance services.

    3 min read
    Paysys logo thumbnail

  6. Grantee Spotlight: Kanzu Microloans bridges the financial divide in Uganda

    Kanzu Microloans, developed by Kanzu Finance with support from the Interledger Foundation, uses the Interledger Protocol to deliver instant, secure microloans via mobile, expanding credit access for Ugandaā€™s unbanked, especially women, youth, and low-income earners.

    4 min read
    Kanzu Finance company logo

  7. Whatā€™s happened in September

    As fall begins, there continues to be significant developments in financial inclusion globally driven by digital finance, regulatory action, and ongoing global campaigns.

    3 min read
    News Updates & Global Trends

  8. 2025 Digital Financial Services Grant Recipient: miPlata

    miPlata has been awarded the Interledger Foundationā€™s 2025 Digital Financial Services grant to develop an integrated platform connecting employers, workers, and families across borders, expanding affordable financial access for unbanked Latinos.

    2 min read
    Thumbnail image with Interledger Foundation logo stacked above the miPlata logo, symbolizing their collaboration in digital financial services.

  9. Hacktoberfest with Interledger 2025: An Open Source Celebration

    A global open-source event where Interledger invites contributors to build inclusive financial technologies through coding, collaboration, and community participation during Hacktoberfest.

    4 min read

  10. Open by Design: Confronting Harmful Patterns in Digital Finance

    Interledger Ambassador Caroline Sinders warns that harmful or manipulative design patterns in digital finance can exploit vulnerable users and undermine trust, calling for transparent, user-centered, and inclusive design standards to ensure ethical financial technology.

    5 min read