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New Fees and Tariffs documentation in the Mojaloop Product documentation set provides adopters with a framework for designing and implementing fees within a Mojaloop scheme.

Pakistan’s digital payments ecosystem continues to evolve at an impressive pace. As instant payment infrastructure expands and new opportunities emerge for financial institutions,

Nominations for the Mojaloop Community Council, Change Control Board, and Design Authority have been REOPENED and EXTENDED. If you're a community member, you can help shape the future of Mojaloop.

Michael Richards explains a proposed approach to deterministically assigning and closing Mojaloop settlement batches across payment schemes.

Explore the Mojaloop Merchant Payments Overview and how its architecture supports merchant payments alongside existing Mojaloop deployments.

Learn why the Mojaloop Foundation recommends READ COMMITTED as MySQL’s default isolation level, what it changes, how to test it and what production deployments should check first.

Paula Hunter, now retired as executive director of the Mojaloop Foundation, expressed her thanks to the community and her confidence in the team going forward.

Incoming Mojaloop CEO Jean Bosco Iyacu discusses priorities, opportunities and the future direction of the organization.

In May 2026, the Mojaloop Foundation held two Accelerator Programs in West Africa: one in Accra, Ghana and the second in Conakry, Guinea.

Mojaloop v17.2.0 strengthens the Mojaloop platform's quality and security capabilities. It accomplishes this through quality improvements, patches to vulnerabilities and fixes to several bugs reported by the community including adopters of Mojaloop and system integrators (SIs).

Paula Hunter reflects on Mojaloop’s journey, growth, and impact as leadership transitions to Jean Bosco Iyacu.

Miller Abel explains how the Mojaloop software platform was first developed as a result of work by the Gates Foundation and many others.

Please join us in welcoming Plounne Oyunge to the Mojaloop Foundation as Senior Community & Program Manager. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Plounne brings experience across banking, digital financial inclusion, and payment switch strategy, with a strong focus on interoperable payment systems and ecosystem development.

Progress over the past decade has shown what is possible when payment systems are designed to be interoperable, inclusive, and trusted.

Participants at the opening of DevLab 2025 in Cotonou, Benin. DevLab 2025 launched Benin’s first national hackathon dedicated to open source software

If you want to shape the future of Mojaloop and ensure the technology meets your needs, the Product Council is the right place to

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) has joined the Mojaloop Foundation Global Partner Program, adding a strong research voice to a group that includes GFTN,

As a new member of Mojaloop Foundation’s Global Partner Program, Finternet is amplifying a shared commitment to open, interoperable, and user-centered digital finance. This

The Mojaloop Foundation is pleased to welcome the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) as one of the newest members of its Global Partner

The Mojaloop Foundation has named Nathan Delma as its first Community Engineering Lead. This new position has been designed to nurture and strengthen the

The Mojaloop Foundation, with support from the Gates Foundation and Co-Develop, is launching a global study to better understand the challenges digital financial services

With a long-standing focus on inclusion and integrity, Cenfri joins Mojaloop’s Global Partner Program to help shape the future of interoperable payments. Cenfri (the

Steve Haley, Director of Market Development at the Mojaloop Foundation, is a co-author of a new paper from the Saïd Business School at Oxford

Bangladesh is taking a decisive step toward financial modernization by building the nation’s new inclusive instant payment system (IIPS) on the Mojaloop platform. On

From July 22–24, 2025, members of the Mojaloop Community and international guest experts gathered online for MojaCom 28. The 230 participants included representatives from

The Mojaloop Foundation’s new Global Partner Program brings together organizations that build inclusive instant payment systems (IIPS) and contribute to digital public infrastructure around

The Mojaloop Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its first dedicated Mojaloop Accelerator Program cohort in Bangladesh. This is a significant step

The Mojaloop Foundation’s newly launched global partner program brings together organizations committed to building inclusive instant payment systems (IIPS) and advancing financial inclusion. Among the

The Mojaloop Foundation is beginning a new chapter of collaboration with FNA (Financial Network Analytics) and the three other inaugural members of our Global Partner

From April 14-16, 2025, the Mojaloop Community convened in Accra, Ghana, bringing together financial inclusion leaders from 24 countries. The event drew DFSPs, regulators,

The Mojaloop Foundation is excited to announce the release of Mojaloop v17.0.0 Irrawaddy, marking one of the most significant updates since the platform's inception.

The Mojaloop Foundation is kicking off a new Accelerator Program virtual cohort this April — designed specifically for system integrators who are ready to

Photo: RSwitch On February 27, 2025, Rwanda’s National Digital Payment System (RNDPS) 2.0 — known to end users as eKash — was launched onstage

In September 2024, the United Nation’s DPI Safeguards Initiative released its Universal DPI Safeguards Framework version 1.0. This framework was the result of a

Happy New Year, and welcome to 2025! The Mojaloop Foundation is looking forward to an eventful and productive year, and as one of our

From November 12 – 15, 2024, the Mojaloop Community gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, alongside key stakeholders from 43 countries in the financial inclusion ecosystem. This

Voting in the 2024 Mojaloop Design Authority (DA) elections is now closed, and we’re excited to share the results. The newly elected DA representatives

Nominations for the Mojaloop Community Council and Change Control Board, as well as voter registration, are now open. Community members have until Friday November

The Mojaloop Foundation is not only addressing the challenge of financial inclusion but also engaging in research that could benefit other interdisciplinary communities in

If you’re curious about how Mojaloop works, we’ve recently updated two courses with the help of payments experts Glenbrook Partners. These updates incorporate new

The Mojaloop Community is a great place for talented students to level up their skills. Elijah Okello, now a Software Engineer at INFITX, started

Introducing two new courses in our free Mojaloop training program: Hub 204 and DFSP 204. These courses feature brand-new content and build on our

The Mojaloop Design Authority (DA) provides technical oversight for the Mojaloop open source platform. It provides leadership on technical issues, resolves technical disputes, reviews

The new Design Authority (DA) charter, strongly supported by the Mojaloop Foundation leadership and board of directors, was approved by the Technical Governing Board

From June to September 2024, the Mojaloop Community grew by three developer interns thanks to Code4GovTech’s Dedicated Mentoring Program. The program helps match young

The Mojaloop Open Source Community Meeting (MOSCM) #25 held online from July 9-11, brought together over 200 participants from around the world, including new

Please join us in welcoming Michael Richards as the Mojaloop Foundation’s new principal architect. Michael was involved with Mojaloop in its earliest days and

Author: Phil Green, Technical Solutions Consultant, Zambia There are now five Zambian and Malawian systems integration firms with proven ability to build integrations

On April 29, 2024, Talino Venture Studios and Chemonics International launched Higala, a startup that will build the Philippines' first inclusive instant payment system

The Mojaloop Foundation has been very fortunate to sign Julie Guetta as our new technical solutions lead. Julie has worked in the global payments