Every market
has a code.

The closer you get,
the more there is to see.

A way to pay you’ve never heard of.
A habit everyone local takes for granted.
A financial tool that found its real use here first.

That’s what The Local Code is about. Come with us through emerging markets, with the people who know them best.

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Things look different when you get closer.

A QR code can become second nature. An online purchase can end with cash at a local shop. And something completely normal like payment in installments in one country, might barely exist next door.

We get into the stories behind the numbers: what caught on, what didn’t, and what you might miss from the outside.

The Market Atlas

Take a look around.

In every market, our Country Managers show us around, sharing the things that make a lot more sense once someone local explains them.

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Local Payments

Then follow the money.

You probably know some of them. Maybe all of them. But knowing the name is only the beginning. Our payment experts get into why they caught on, who uses them and what they mean at checkout.