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1. 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.

   Chiara Ostrin

   Jun 11, 2026 8 min read
   

2. 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.

   Ayden Férdeline

   Jun 11, 2026 6 min read
   

3. SDK Grant funds security features in OpenAPI Specification and Arazzo workflow support in Kiota

   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.

   May 25, 2026 4 min read
   

4. You Don’t Need 3 Apps to Pay Your Friends: Why U.S. Payments Feel Broken

   U.S. digital payments feel fragmented because apps don’t interoperate, forcing users to juggle multiple platforms.

   Casey Ariel Diké

   Apr 22, 2026 4 min read
   

5. 2026 Policy Activation Grantee: Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro

   Research project funded by an Interledger Foundation Public Policy Activation Grant exploring how BRICS governance models shape digital payment systems and end-user outcomes.

   Ayden Férdeline

   Apr 17, 2026 4 min read
   

6. Web Monetization Meets Google’s Offerwall

   Web Monetization is now integrated into Google’s Offerwall, letting users directly support publishers through seamless micropayments alongside ads or surveys.

   Mar 17, 2026 6 min read
   

7. Interledger Foundation Launches “Interledger on Campus” Grant Program to Support Student-Led Initiatives in Open Payments

   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.

   Mar 16, 2026 2 min read
   

8. Fliqa Integrates Interledger to Power Open, Interoperable Payments

   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.

   Mar 10, 2026 2 min read
   

9. Interledger Foundation awards $200,000 to Social Web Foundation to support decentralized social media

   The Interledger Foundation has awarded a $200,000 Grant for the Web to the Social Web Foundation to research sustainable revenue and governance models for decentralized, community-run social platforms, with a focus on creators, publishers, and federated servers.

   Jan 29, 2026 3 min read
   

10. 2025 Interledger Policy Activation Grantee: The Alliance of Digital Finance and Fintech Associations

    The Interledger Foundation has awarded Alliance of Digital Finance and Fintech Associations to be the first recipients of an Interledger Policy Activation Grant. This grant will enable them to lead a new global initiative to make Instant Payment Systems more inclusive and accessible to fintechs and non-banks.

    Ayden Férdeline

    Dec 10, 2025 3 min read