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  1. Introducing the 2026 Interledger Fellows

    Meet our 2026 Interledger Fellows working to carry out independent research, advocacy or technical work on the barriers that keep people and organizations from using digital financial services.

    5 min read

  2. Advancing Open Payments: 2027 Digital Financial Services Grant Now Open

    Digital Financial Services Grant: the Interledger Foundation will support organizations to implement and pilot open payment infrastructure. Selected institutions may receive grants of up to USD $350,000 to implement and complete projects within 18 months. Phase 1 opens Monday, November 2, 2026 and closes Friday, December 11, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET.

    4 min read

  3. Coming Soon: 2027 Digital Financial Services Grant Opportunity

    The 2027 Digital Financial Services Grant offers financial service providers USD 350,000 over 18 months to deploy interoperable payments. Applications open Nov. 2

    Julaire Hall
    2 min read

  4. Building a Global Expert Network for Interledger’s Call for Papers

    Help shape research on open payments and financial inclusion. Join the Interledger Call for Papers expert network as a selector or reviewer.

    Smriti Parsheera
    4 min read

  5. Meet the 2026 Open Payments Accelerator Cohort

    Meet the four teams in the 2026 Open Payments Accelerator, testing how open standards can connect payments across borders, networks, and communities.

    Julaire Hall
    6 min read

  6. Interledger Foundation Launches 2026 NextGen Higher Education Grant

    Interledger Foundation Launches 2026 NextGen Higher Education Grant

    3 min read

  7. Interledger Awards $20,000 to Five Organizations to Explore Community-Centered Financial Infrastructure

    Following the FOCUS Summit in Atlanta, the Interledger Foundation awarded five organizations $20,000 each to explore new approaches to financial infrastructure, payments, and access to capital. From flexible loan repayments to community-controlled funds, these projects are turning conversations about financial inclusion into practical research and experimentation.

    4 min read
    Group photo from the Focus of CDFIs Unleased Summit

  8. Inside the USIU-Africa Open Payments Workshop: What The Students Built

    Student-led fintech innovations tackling cross-border payments and financial inclusion across East Africa.

    Tšeli Thabane
    6 min read
    Participants at USIU-Africa pose in front of a banner featuring Interledger Foundation and USIU-Africa logos.

  9. Beyond the Hackathon: Building the future of open payments through collaboration

    Students from six South African universities came together at the 2026 UCT Hackathon to build innovative Open Payments solutions tackling real financial inclusion challenges. Beyond the winning projects, the event showcased the power of collaboration between academia and industry to develop talent, improve technology, and shape the future of open finance.

    6 min read
    Group photo at the University of Cape Town for the student hackathon in 2026

  10. Interledger Foundation Launches Local Impact Mini-Grants to Empower Community-Led Innovation

    The Interledger Foundation is a global nonprofit grantmaking foundation, leading the next revolution in payments through Interledger, the global network for inclusive digital financial service providers.

    3 min read
    New grant alert - Local impact Mini-grant

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