Nicholas Allen on Moneyweb Crypto: what banking in Africa will look like in five years
On the Moneyweb Crypto podcast, Arrel CEO Nicholas Allen discussed how stablecoins could make cross-border payments faster and cheaper while staying invisible to bank customers.
Moneyweb published the episode on 23 October 2026 as "What banking in Africa will look like in five years". Nicholas Allen, CEO and co-founder of Arrel, describes how businesses could make cross-border payments over weekends, settle almost instantly and use banking services once reserved for large corporations.
Allen's view is that stablecoins will make this possible without customers needing to know they are there, in the same way the protocols behind email go unnoticed. The episode and Moneyweb's write-up are linked below.
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