Fixing Bangladesh payments: local rails for cross-border & merchants

Fixing Bangladesh payments: local rails for cross-border & merchants targets a $315M = $25B annual remittances x 0.5% processing + ~$4B e‑commerce GMV x 2% + $7B domestic digital payments x 1% (estimated addressable processor revenue in Bangladesh) total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 18%-25% — digital payments and remittances in Bangladesh have been growing high-teens yearly as MFS and e-commerce scale.

Key trends driving demand: Mobile-wallet adoption -- explosive growth of bKash/Nagad drives digital-first payment behaviors for consumers and merchants.; Remittance flows -- steady high-volume inbound remittances from diaspora create demand for low-cost on-ramps and merchant payouts.; Developer-first fintech stacks -- API-first gateways and SDKs lower integration friction for marketplaces and SaaS sellers..