Global Banks and Financial Operators Using Stellar to Create a Global Payment Network

Global Banks and Financial Operators Using Stellar to Create a Global Payment Network

Stellar is announcing four new partnerships with financial institutions that will enable low cost global money transfers to the Philippines, India and Europe, and cross-border M-Pesa payments to and from Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria. Stellar is a Silicon Valley based nonprofit that supports the Stellar network, a free, open-source network designed to connect....


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