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Featured articles on Interledger's Blog
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Are Financial Rights Human Rights?
As digital finance becomes central to daily life, ensuring equitable access to financial services is crucial for dignity, autonomy, and inclusion—making digital financial inclusion a key enabler of human rights in the modern world.
9 min read
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The Interledger Universe
Or: “What the heck are all those products and protocols?”
Sabine Schaller17 min read
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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
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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.
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A Strategic Shift for Interledger Foundation
Interledger Foundation is shifting its focus from consumer products to strengthening open financial infrastructure, grantmaking, and support for underserved communities.
4 min read
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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.
6 min read
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Rafiki & Cards Work Week 2026: The Berlin Edition
Recap of our annual Rafiki & Cards work week.
Tadej Golobic11 min read -
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
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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
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Why access isn't enough: New research project to explore barriers to financial inclusion in Colombia
New research explores how trust and transparency shape financial inclusion in Colombia.
3 min read
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Banking Without Banks: What Africa Can Teach the U.S. About Financial Access
Africa’s fintech innovations, including Ghana’s digital onboarding, Nigeria’s collaborative fintech ecosystem, and Kenya’s mobile money success, show how accessibility-first financial systems can dramatically expand financial inclusion and economic opportunity.
5 min read
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The Future of Financial Inclusion Starts With Trust
Financial inclusion starts with trust: people need financial systems that are transparent, relevant, and aligned with how they earn and manage money today. As the digital economy grows, institutions must combine modern technology with education and community-focused design to expand opportunity.
8 min read
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Why We Funded Research Into Who Gets Left Out of Instant Payments
Research across more than 20 countries found that instant payment systems often aim for inclusion but are designed in ways that exclude smaller financial providers through governance, regulatory, economic, and technical barriers.
6 min read
