Nigeria-operating Yellow Card earns top fintech honour for second straight year

Yellow Card, an international stablecoin facilities service provider operating in Nigeria, has actually won Gold in the Diamond classification at the 2026 Money Awards, marking its 2nd successive year of acknowledgment as it broadens its global operations.

The award existed on October 18 in Las Vegas throughout Money20/20 USA, following the business’s Grand Prix triumph in the Payments classification in 2025. Money20/20 explains the Diamond classification as its greatest honour for transformative accomplishments in worldwide fintech.

The acknowledgment follows a landmark year for Yellow Card, which protected $40 million in tactical financing, broadened throughout Latin America, Asia-Pacific and North America, and acquired anti-money laundering regulative association in Switzerland.

Read likewise: The fiat-to-crypto pipeline: How public funds bypass Nigeria’s monetary safeguards

The business likewise introduced Global Accounts, making it possible for services to open called United States dollar, British pound and euro accounts and link to regional payment systems in more than 190 nations through a single application programs user interface or its Treasury Portal.

Yellow Card supports more than 50 currencies and supplies facilities for banks, fintechs and international companies to handle treasury operations and move cash throughout borders. Its consumers consist of Visa and Western Union.

Chris Maurice, president and co-founder, stated the business had actually broadened its aspirations beyond emerging markets and was now dealing with significant business and banks.

The business was likewise called to Fortune’s inaugural Crypto Innovators list in June 2026.

Its development shows increasing interest in stablecoins as tools for cross-border payments and business treasury management. Its capability to sustain global growth will depend on regulative compliance, liquidity and adoption by services throughout various markets.

Royal Ibeh

Royal Ibeh is a senior reporter with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s innovation and health sectors. She presently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay paper, where she composes thorough stories on digital development, telecom facilities, health care systems, and public health policies.

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