Universities like Bowie State University are becoming key testing grounds for inclusive digital finance, where students with lived experience of financial exclusion help design more equitable systems. Its partnership with the Interledger Foundation shows how education and community engagement can shape the future of accessible financial infrastructure.
The Interledger Foundation awarded its first SDK Grants to improve OpenAPI, Arazzo, and Kiota support for secure API automation and SDK generation. The funded projects add GNAP security support and Arazzo workflow capabilities, helping developers build safer, more automated API integrations.
The Interledger Foundation and Small Foundation are jointly funding AllianceDFA to strengthen global collaboration and capacity-building across inclusive digital finance ecosystems. The partnership aims to help fintech and digital finance associations better support underserved communities through more responsible and accessible financial services.
Research project funded by an Interledger Foundation Public Policy Activation Grant exploring how BRICS governance models shape digital payment systems and end-user outcomes.
Digital money is no longer just emerging—it is being intentionally designed. Universities are becoming key environments for shaping the future of financial systems, training the next generation of technologists, policymakers, and innovators. As digital finance evolves, academic institutions play a critical role in researching, testing, and teaching equitable, secure, and interoperable systems, with support from initiatives like those of the Interledger Foundation.
Web Monetization is now integrated into Google’s Offerwall, letting users directly support publishers through seamless micropayments alongside ads or surveys.
The Interledger Foundation launched “Interledger on Campus,” a global mini-grant program offering up to $5,000 for university student clubs to run short projects exploring open payments, financial access, and interoperability.
Africa’s payment systems struggle not because of missing technology but because of flawed business models and commercial design. To achieve adoption, systems must prioritize free P2P transfers, better accessibility, and simple proxy-based addressing, alongside regulatory reforms that overcome incumbent resistance.
The Interledger Foundation has awarded a 2025 Digital Financial Services Grant to Fliqa, a Slovenia-based fintech integrating Open Payments and the Interledger Protocol into its open banking solutions. The partnership will help expand real-time, low-cost, interoperable payment options for merchants and advance more open and inclusive digital financial infrastructure.
