Yellow Card Wins Top Diamond Honour at Money20/20 Awards for Second Consecutive Year
Digitnomics 
Yellow Card, a global stablecoin infrastructure provider with operations in Nigeria, has won Gold in the Diamond category at the 2026 Money Awards, marking its second consecutive win at the global fintech awards.
The award was presented on Sunday, October 18, in Las Vegas, United States, during Money20/20 USA.
According to the company, the Diamond category is the highest honour in the Money Awards, recognising transformative achievements in the global financial technology industry.
The latest recognition follows Yellow Card’s Grand Prix victory in the Payments category in 2025, reinforcing its growing presence in the global financial services industry.
The award comes amid a year of international expansion for the company, which has secured fresh funding, expanded into new markets and introduced services aimed at simplifying cross-border payments and corporate treasury management.
Chris Maurice, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Yellow Card, said the recognition reflected the company’s evolution from an emerging-markets-focused business into a global financial infrastructure provider.
“When we started the business almost ten years ago, we had big ambitions, but we couldn’t have imagined just how far this journey would take us,” Maurice said.
He added that the company had made strategic decisions to expand its global reach and was now working alongside some of the world’s largest corporate and financial institutions.
$40m Funding, Global Expansion
Yellow Card’s latest award follows several major developments in 2026, including its inclusion in Fortune’s inaugural Crypto Innovators list in June and the subsequent securing of $40 million in strategic funding.
The company also expanded its presence across Latin America, Asia-Pacific and North America, while securing anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory affiliation in Switzerland.
Another significant development was the launch of its Global Accounts service, which allows businesses to open named accounts in US dollars, British pounds and euros.
Through a single application programming interface (API) or its Treasury Portal, businesses can connect to local payment rails in more than 190 countries.
The service is designed to help businesses manage international payments and treasury operations through a single infrastructure platform.
Justin Poiroux, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Yellow Card, said the award recognised the technology and people driving the company’s growth.
He said years of work to simplify cross-border money transfers were beginning to translate into tangible benefits for businesses operating across different markets.
Stablecoin Infrastructure Gains Ground
Yellow Card provides infrastructure that enables banks, fintech companies and multinational businesses to access US dollars, manage treasury operations and move money across borders.
The company supports more than 50 currencies and counts global payments companies Visa and Western Union among its customers.
Its operations reflect the expanding role of stablecoin infrastructure in financial services, as businesses explore digital-asset-based systems to facilitate international payments, manage liquidity and improve access to foreign currencies.
For businesses in markets such as Nigeria, efficient cross-border payment infrastructure is particularly relevant to international trade, supplier payments and the management of foreign-currency transactions.
However, the benefits of such infrastructure depend on factors including regulatory compliance, the availability of local payment channels and the reliability of the institutions involved.
Yellow Card said its second consecutive Money Awards win reflected its expanding international presence and continued development of stablecoin infrastructure connecting businesses and financial institutions across markets.
The recognition further positions the company among fintech providers seeking to bridge traditional financial systems and digital-asset infrastructure for corporate and institutional customers.
