African Payment System Gets Banker’s Endorsement, but Viability Questions Linger

The Pan-African Payments and Settlements System aims to formalize $50 billion in informal trade and save the continent $5 billion in processing costs. Boosting Local Currencies Africa’s recently launched Pan-African Payments and Settlements System (PAPSS) could potentially bring $50 billion of informal trade into the formal economy, Tunde Macaulay, head of Africa and offshore regions […]