Stellar partners tap USDC for remittances between Europe and Africa

Stellar partners tap USDC for remittances between Europe and Africa

Flutterwave is teaming up Tempo Payments to use USDC on Stellar to target Africa’s enormous remittances market. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has announced that it will facilitate a new remittance channel between Europe and Africa using the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin.On Oct. 25, the SDF announced that global payments technology company Flutterwave will use the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin on the Stellar network to simplify remittances between Africa and Europe. Flutterwave will work alongside Stellar’s principal EU payments partner, Paris-based money transfer operator, Tempo....


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