Grantee Directory

Projects and organizations funded by the Interledger Foundation, working to expand access to digital financial services around the world.

The Work in Practice

Interledger grantees work across the world in different financial environments, from regions with limited infrastructure to highly connected digital economies. They include community-based organizations, researchers, technologists, and advocates who build infrastructure, advance research, shape policy, and expand how financial systems work in practice.

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  1. WalletGuru

    Digital Financial Services

    498 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: United States
    Project lead: Fernando AlmiƱana

    This project advances Paystreme, an ILP-based payment network leveraging streaming payments to enable real-time, flexible transactions for consumers and utility providers across Latin America. By combining a scalable, cost-efficient platform with an open, incentive-driven ecosystem, the initiative aims to pilot and refine its solution while expanding access to affordable digital financial services.

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  3. ThitsaWorks Pte Ltd

    Digital Financial Services

    250 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Singapore
    Project lead: Nyi Nyein Aye

    ThitsaWorks is partnering with The Peopleā€™s Clearing House and AMUCSS to develop an inclusive instant payments network for credit union members in Mexico using the Mojaloop stack and the Thitsa Payment Portal. By enabling participation for small and rural institutions without core banking systems and integrating with national and cross-border payment infrastructures, the initiative expands financial access and interoperability for underserved communities.

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  4. The Mifos Initiative

    Digital Financial Services

    75 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: United States
    Project lead: Edward Cable

    The Mifos Initiative explores how the Interledger Protocol can be integrated into Digital Public Infrastructure by designing enhancements to existing Digital Public Goods and aligning open payment technologies with global financial inclusion frameworks. Through research, stakeholder collaboration, and early-stage prototyping, the project aims to develop scalable, interoperable solutions that governments and institutions can adopt to expand inclusive financial systems.

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  5. The People's Clearinghouse

    Digital Financial Services

    899 975 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Mexico
    Project lead: Isabel Cruz, Roberto Valdovinos

    The Peopleā€™s Clearing House (PCH) project builds an ILP-enabled payment platform that connects community banks and savings cooperatives in Mexico to each other, the national RTGS system, and global remittance networks. By enabling digital payments and account-based remittances, the initiative strengthens local financial institutions, expands access to capital, and empowers underserved communities to drive inclusive economic growth.

  6. Chimoney

    Digital Financial Services

    75 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Nigeria, Canada, US
    Project lead: Uchi Uchibeke

  8. The Waterworks of Money.

    Future Money Grant

    25 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Netherlands
    Project lead: Carlijn Kingma

    Digital Media/animation. They are mapping three future scenarios in which new forms of digital money, payment systems, and systemic change play a pivotal role. By making the world of money more understandable for people without a financial or economic background we have noticed discussions on the design of our monetary system become more accessible. With our maps and the metaphor of water, suddenly people who were never interested in the topic join the discussion about other payments structures, CBDC and restructuring our capital markets.

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  9. An Inclusive Payment Network for the Unbanked and Underbanked in Myanmar

    Digital Financial Services

    75 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Singapore
    Project lead: Nyi Nyein Aye

    An Inclusive Payment Network for the Unbanked and Underbanked in Myanmar. ThitsaWorks works on the digital transformation of the microfinance sector through enabling digital payments and building their capacities to implement digital strategies.

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  10. Bowie State University 2

    NextGen Higher Education

    150 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: United States
    Project lead: Dr. Andrew Mangle

    Through ILFā€™s support, Bowie State University will use the proposed course to hone the focus of eCommerce through the lens of the digital financial ecosystem that supports the exchange of goods and services. In particular, the course will explore tipping, alternative advertising, disintermediation, and rearchitecting eCommerce without central authorities.

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