UNDER THE HOOD

Most cross-border payments across Africa fail before they start

Most cross-border payments across Africa fail before they start

Not because the customer said no. Because the infrastructure underneath the transaction wasn't built for where they are.

Trot fixes that. Here's how.

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THE PROBLEM

Here's what's actually happening to your payments

You connect a payment processor and expect money to move. It doesn't. Or it does, sometimes. Wrong rails, wrong currency, no local presence to settle with. The same card that works on Monday gets declined on Thursday. M-PESA doesn't show up as an option.

7 in 10

cross-border payments into Africa fail if they aren't localised. That's an infrastructure problem. And it has a specific solution.

Payment status

Failed

NGN 200,000

→ USD 420.00

Cross-border

Jun 12, 2024

Currency conversion

Live

NGN

200,000

USD

420.00

Exchange rate

1 USD = 476.19 NGN

Payment routing

3 hops

Sender → Local bank (NG)

Correspondent bank (USD)

Recipient bank (USD)

Transactions

Today

NGN 200,000

Cross-border

Failed

USD 1,250.00

Conversion

Completed

EUR 890.00

Transfer

Pending

Routing snippet

Optimized

Sender → Local bank

Correspondent → Recipient

HOW TROT FIXES IT

Three simple steps to unified rails

STEP 01

Tell us where you're going.

The markets, the use case, what you're trying to move. We map the right rails.

Select Markets

3 Selected

Nigeria

Kenya

Ghana

STEP 02

Connect once.

One integration. Local payment rails across Africa. No additional setup per market.

Connect API

Live

POST

/v1/payments

{

"currency": "USD",

"market": "NG"

}

Connect API

Live

POST

/v1/payments

{

"currency": "USD",

"market": "NG"

}

STEP 03

Transact. We handle the rest.

Settlement, compliance, FX are on our end. You focus on your business.

Transaction Status

Pending

FX Rate: 1 USD = 460 NGN

Compliance: Approved

Transaction Status

Settled

Payment Settled

FX Rate: 1 USD = 460 NGN

Compliance: Approved

WHAT YOU GET

What you get access to

Payments. Local currency accounts.. Remittance. One dashboard. One integration. Every market Trot covers.

Payments

Accept payments in local currencies instantly with robust fallbacks.

Local Accounts

Open accounts natively across markets without complex overhead.

Remittance

Frictionless cross-border transfers and settlements with instant routing.

Stablecoin Ramp

USDC

10,000

↓ Convert

NGN

₦15,842,000

Rate: 1 USDC = ₦1,584.2

Multi-Currency Reserves

Live

Total Reserve Value

$2,847,392

USD

$1,240,000

NGN

₦983,200,000

KES

KSh 48,120,000

GHS

GH₵ 12,480,000

Transaction Volume

+18.4%

Last 30 days

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Now

75%

Sync

Active Corridors

Nigeria

NGN · Card, Bank

Active

Kenya

KES · M-Pesa, Bank

Active

Ghana

GHS · MTN, Bank

Active

THE IMPACT

What changes?

98.4%

+12.4%

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Approval rates go up.

Local processing with localized fallbacks maximizes successful checkouts.

12 weeks

1 day

Before

After

Time to market compresses.

Deploy once to enter all of our supported African regions immediately.

Before

After

FX exposure shrinks.

Dynamic routing and currency conversions shield you from currency dips.

Compliance transfers to us.

We operate licensed infrastructure so you don't need complex legal setup.

You're already

building

selling

growing

building

across borders

Don't let payments hold you back

Whether you're collecting from customers, settling with partners, or sending remittances across Africa,  Trot gives you the reach and the rails to do it at speed.

EUR / USD

Active

$42,850.00

Real-time Remittance

S14

GBP / NGN

Pending

£14,205.00

You're already

building

selling

growing

building

across borders

Don't let payments hold you back

Whether you're collecting from customers, settling with partners, or sending remittances across Africa,  Trot gives you the reach and the rails to do it at speed.

EUR / USD

Active

$42,850.00

Real-time Remittance

S14

GBP / NGN

Pending

£14,205.00

You're already

building

selling

growing

building

across borders

Don't let payments hold you back

Whether you're collecting from customers, settling with partners, or sending remittances across Africa,  Trot gives you the reach and the rails to do it at speed.

EUR / USD

Active

$42,850.00

Real-time Remittance

S14

GBP / NGN

Pending

£14,205.00

Get your business moving across borders with rails built for speed, safety, and scale

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Get your business moving across borders with rails built for speed, safety, and scale

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