Here is a recap of our 10th September 2025 Interledger Community Call, including a meeting summary and links to the recordings.

Notes, Recording and Podcast

• Watch Meeting recording on Youtube.
• Listen to the Podcast for free on SoundCloud here and Castopod here.
• Public note-taking document here

For those new to our community, ILF stands for Interledger Foundation. We are a community of technologists, digital creatives, researchers, entrepreneurs, and educators working to build new pathways to financial inclusion and equity through digital transactions.

Interledger Foundation:

ILF Blogs:

• The Multiple Sides of Friction: The Good, the Bad, and the How to Use it
• What’s Happened in August
• Why Higher Education Institutions worldwide should embrace Hackathons as catalysts for academic innovation
• Announcing the Awardees of the Interledger Nextgen Higher Education Grant Program

Tech Blog:

• Memorable wallet addresses on your own domain

Podcast:

• Passing on the torch - In this episode of The Future Money Podcast, presented by the Interledger Foundation, host @lwlkarama announces the new host, @kokayi , a longtime community member and former ambassador for Grant for the Web. He discusses his journey into digital financial inclusion and his work with various innovative projects, including designing the Future Money Grant Program.

News:

• Open Payments help ROSCAs modernise for global impact

Updates:

• Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets

Grantee Reports:

• Researching Financial Inclusion in the Global South — ILF Ambassador Final Report
• Examining the Factors Behind Unbanked Households in America — ILF Ambassador Final Report

Open Payments updates

• 2025 Open Payments Hackathon Resources
• YouTube Playlist with updated Open Payments Videos

Rafiki updates

• September Updates

Web Monetization updates

• New webmonetization.org design in progress

Summit:

• Interledger Summit 2025 will take place in the heart of Mexico City—one of the world’s most dynamic and culturally rich capitals. This event will bring together global leaders in Open Payments, technology, and financial inclusion to explore how interoperable payment networks can expand access and opportunity.
• 🎟️Reserve your Interledger Summit Ticket here.

Hackathon:

• Nov. 8-9, 2025 - Mexico City
• Applications are open
• Learn more

Upcoming events:
Mexico student hackathons:

• Oaxaca - Sept. 11 & 12
• State of Mexico - Sept. 17 & 18
• Aguascalientes - Sept. 19 & 20
• Mexico City - Sept. 22 & 23

CascadisJS - Seattle, Washington, USA - sept. 18 & 19

Deeper look: Paysys Labs

• Paysys Labs - https://paysyslabs.com/
• Link to the presentation: Paysys Labs - ILF - Community Call.pptx

About Paysys Labs:
Paysys Labs, based in Pakistan, specializes in payment system consulting and implementation support. The company has experience in strategic review of payment initiatives, doing market landscaping, deep expertise in technical implementation and experience in implementation of solutions to drive uptake of Digital Financial services.
The Paysys team has experience working on several local and international assignments related to Faster Payments or Instant Payment Systems (IPS), and they believe that each market implementation is unique and requires a good understanding of the context. We build on our rich experience, leverage best practices and develop a sound understanding of the context to meet the desired objectives of the projects we get involved in.
The Paysys Lab team’s main forte is its deep experience in designing and implementing technology platforms related to electronic payments, as well as hands-on practitioner experience working with large retail payment systems.
In the past, Paysys has provided oversight on national-level technology projects (review of implementation strategies, migration, and acceptance testing plans, etc.). Paysys team members have experience in setting up banking institutions and devising digital strategies for various Commercial Banks, including alternative delivery channels (such as self-service touchpoints, mobile apps, and internet banking implementation). We have also provided technology advisory services, including enterprise architecture review, security review, and DFS risk management.
Paysys has also been engaged in developing strategies and business cases for Payment service providers and Payment system operators, and has assisted clients in selecting vendors for technology replacement, managing migration strategies, and obtaining regulatory approvals.

Reminders:

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