{"id":11074,"date":"2026-05-29T22:42:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/?p=11074"},"modified":"2026-05-29T22:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:45:33","slug":"tanzanian-fintech-nala-secures-50-million-credit-facility-to-expand-stablecoin-payments-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/tanzanian-fintech-nala-secures-50-million-credit-facility-to-expand-stablecoin-payments-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzanian Fintech NALA Secures $50 Million Credit Facility to Expand Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"

NALA<\/a> has secured up to $50 million in credit financing as the company accelerates its expansion into global stablecoin-powered payments infrastructure amid rising demand for faster cross-border transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The financing facility was provided by Liquidity through Mars Growth Capital, a joint venture between Liquidity and MUFG Bank. The arrangement begins with an initial $25 million facility and includes an option to scale to at least $50 million as demand grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the company, the funding will be used to support product development, operational scaling, and the expansion of payment corridors across the United States, Europe, Africa, and other emerging markets. The capital will also help NALA onboard new enterprise clients expected to begin using its infrastructure later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Founded by Benjamin Fernandes, NALA has increasingly shifted beyond its original remittance business to focus on building stablecoin-based payment infrastructure for businesses and financial institutions operating across multiple markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fernandes said the financing provides the company with long-term flexibility while allowing it to scale without diluting shareholder ownership. He noted that demand for compliant and faster stablecoin-powered payment systems has grown significantly across global markets over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding forms part of the company\u2019s broader \u201cNext Billion\u201d strategy, which focuses on building financial infrastructure for rapidly expanding populations across Africa and other emerging economies. NALA argues that existing payment systems remain largely underdeveloped and believes long-term growth will depend on owning core financial infrastructure rather than relying entirely on third-party payment networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the major challenges facing cross-border payment providers is the need to pre-fund accounts in multiple countries before transactions can be completed. NALA said the new facility will help address those liquidity requirements while supporting larger transaction volumes and enterprise settlement flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company currently operates a consumer payments platform alongside Rafiki, its business-focused payments infrastructure product. Together, the network connects more than 249 banks and 26 mobile money services across 16 countries in Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investment comes as stablecoin adoption continues to expand globally, particularly within business-to-business payments, remittances, and international settlements. Industry discussions increasingly point to stablecoin infrastructure as a faster and lower-cost alternative to traditional cross-border banking systems, especially in emerging markets where payment delays and foreign exchange costs remain significant challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike traditional venture capital funding, the facility is structured as non-dilutive financing, allowing NALA to raise capital without issuing additional equity. The company also disclosed that it still retains more than half of the funds raised during its $40 million Series A funding round completed in 2024, enabling the new financing to be directed primarily toward growth and infrastructure expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As competition intensifies within the global payments industry, NALA\u2019s latest financing underscores growing investor confidence in stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure and the role African-founded fintech companies are beginning to play in reshaping international payment systems.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NALA has secured up to $50 million in credit financing as the company accelerates its expansion into global stablecoin-powered payments infrastructure amid rising demand for faster cross-border transactions. The financing facility was provided by Liquidity through Mars Growth Capital, a joint venture between Liquidity and MUFG Bank. The arrangement begins with an initial $25 million […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[484],"tags":[2006,483,1041],"ppma_author":[331],"class_list":["post-11074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fintech","tag-nala","tag-stablecoin","tag-tanzania"],"authors":[{"term_id":331,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"pastakutmanwen","display_name":"Staff Writer","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Logo.png","url2x":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Logo.png"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11077,"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11074\/revisions\/11077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11074"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villpress.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}