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African Payment Providers Bypass SWIFT for Stablecoin Settlement

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June 29, 2026

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African Payment Providers Bypass SWIFT for Stablecoin Settlement
Source: Disrupt Africa

Zug, Switzerland — June 29, 2026. For African PSPs and EMIs handling cross-border B2B settlement, correspondent banking has become a structural drag. SWIFT settlement windows run T+3 to T+5. Cumulative fees hit 3% to 7% across intermediary banks. Working capit

Zug, Switzerland — June 29, 2026. For African PSPs and EMIs handling cross-border B2B settlement, correspondent banking has become a structural drag. SWIFT settlement windows run T+3 to T+5. Cumulative fees hit 3% to 7% across intermediary banks. Working capital sits tied up in days-long FX exposure. These are now line items PSPs measure against [...]

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