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by anthony_barker 1812 days ago
Its only interesting when compared with the US. Japan put in instant payments in 1973. And Nigeria, Philippines and many other developing countriesall have local instant payment systems.

I have been using BRL (a stellar based stable token) to pay a programmer from Europe. Zero fee, Sepa instant to PIX. Allows me to pay him daily as that is what he wanted.

https://www.ntokens.com/blog/brl-anchor-stellar

There are Argentian, Nigerian, South African, USDC, Chilean (https://kbtrading.org)