Stellar Sydney

This is a group for people interested in global financial access, blockchain, cryptocurrency and fintech. If you've ever wondered about the future of money or maybe working on a cool blockchain project, you're in the right place. Technical and non-technical folks alike are welcome here and newcomers to digital currency are encouraged to join.

Stellar is a decentralized platform that connects banks, payments systems and people. It allows you to integrate and move money quickly, reliably and at almost no cost.

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2014 to support the development and growth of the open-source Stellar network. SDF and Stellar seek to unlock the world's economic potential by making money more fluid, markets more open, and people more empowered.
{ https://www.stellar.org }

Access Users Without Bank Accounts
Stellar and MoneyGram are expanding global access to digital assets and financial services worldwide. Your application can now plug into MoneyGram’s retail network with one integration, letting your users deposit or withdraw cash from their digital wallets via Stellar USDC without needing a bank account.
{ https://stellar.org/moneygram?locale=en }

MoneyGram Partners with Stellar Development on Blockchain Deal - Bloomberg
The partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation will integrate MoneyGram’s network with the Stellar blockchain to facilitate payments using Circle Internet Financial’s USD Coin. This is huge for the Stellar network, and the wallets that are part of the Stellar network. The partnership also changes the settlement process for MoneyGram by enabling settlements to happen in near-real time. MoneyGram is one of the largest money-transfer providers in the world enabling people to send money across more than 200 countries.
{ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-06/moneygram-partners-with-stellar-development-on-blockchain-deal }