Flutterwave partners with Polygon PoS to power instant, low‑cost cross‑border payments across 30+ African countries.
Flutterwave Selects Polygon as Primary Blockchain Partner for Cross‑border Payments
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Polygon Labs and Flutterwave announced a multi‑year partnership making Polygon PoS the default blockchain for Flutterwave’s new cross‑border payments product, with a pilot for select Flutterwave for Business customers in 2025 and full availability to business and Send App users in 2026. Flutterwave, which has processed over $40 billion in transaction volume and operates across 30+ African countries supporting 150+ currencies, will integrate Polygon’s high‑performance rails and stablecoin settlement to speed and cheapen payments for multinationals such as Uber and Audiomack.
The collaboration aims to cut settlement times from days to seconds and reduce fees to pennies—addressing pain points in the $2 trillion cross‑border payments market—and to scale real‑world stablecoin deployment in emerging markets; Polygon CEO Marc Boiron says stablecoins on Polygon can turn “days to seconds.” The rollout begins with enterprise clients, then expands to consumer remittances, and will operate where permitted by applicable jurisdictional law.
🧭 FAQs
• What did Flutterwave and Polygon announce? A multi‑year partnership making Polygon PoS Flutterwave’s default blockchain for cross‑border payments.
• When will businesses and consumers get access in Africa? Pilot starts in 2025, with full availability to businesses and Send App users in 2026.
• How many countries will the service cover initially? Flutterwave operates across 30+ African countries and will phase the Polygon integration regionally.
• What cost and speed benefits does Polygon claim? Polygon cites sub‑$0.01 fees and near‑instant settlement to reduce remittance costs and settlement times.
