Cross-border RegTech advisory · The Americas

1-to-1 banking corridors,
engineered for the region.

AmericaPay Limited is a cross-border RegTech advisory and infrastructure provider enabling 1-to-1 banking corridors between financial institutions across the Americas and their global counterparties. Bridging global systems and domestic ecosystems through sovereign-aligned digital rails.

Sovereign digital rails DLC Group Member
01 · Strategic Mandate

The Pan-American Digital Pivot.

The Americas are undergoing a massive shift toward real-time, sovereign-led digital payments. AmericaPay advises regulators and banks on navigating this transition.

01

Modernization of Fiscal Infrastructure

Integrating with domestic real-time rails (such as FedNow, PIX, and CoDi) to enable seamless cross-border settlement.

02

Sovereign Digital Rails

Transitioning from legacy correspondent banking to data-driven, auditable digital corridors.

03

Domestic Resource Mobilization

Ensuring that even as the reach of the banking system becomes global, liquidity remains anchored within domestic ecosystems.

Anchoring Regional Liquidity

Central banks across the hemisphere are evolving from traditional lenders of last resort into architects of digital transitions—designing systems that formalize shadow economies and maximize domestic resources.

AmericaPay’s advisory translates these mandates into specific corridor designs: selecting the right national switch, scheme, and wholesale digital unit.

A corridor is not a mere connection. It is a full regulatory, operational, and settlement build-up.

02 · 1-to-1 Corridors

Engineered for the Region,
end-to-end.

AmericaPay specializes in building 1-to-1 corridors that connect one regulated institution in the Americas with one international counterparty.

Why 1-to-1?

Cross-border flows have historically relied on long, fragmented correspondent banking chains with opaque FX and compliance layers. Auditable Lanes collapse that chain into a single, regulated, transparent pathway.

Through Local-to-Local Settlement, every transaction is executed using local payment rails, representing the most cost-effective method of fund distribution. We build Compliance-First corridors designed against specific AML/CFT perimeters and data localization rules.

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Bank · London
Bank · São Paulo
Bank · Lisbon
Bank · Mexico City
Bank · Madrid
Bank · Toronto
Bank · Dubai
Bank · Bogotá
Bank · Miami
03 · Financial Mobility

The "Buy, Keep, Spend" Framework.

The AmericaPay infrastructure provides a reciprocal model of financial mobility for individuals and institutions across the hemisphere.

01 · Cross-Border Delivery

The BUY Program

Instant Transfer

Instant Disbursement: Enables the instant purchase and delivery of local currencies directly into a beneficiary's bank account or digital wallet.

Direct-to-Account: The buyer does not hold the currency; instead, funds move directly through the regulated banking ecosystem to the recipient.

02 · Digital Custody

The KEEP Program

Value Preservation

Digital Vaults: Allows individuals and institutions to hold and manage digital local currencies in their own name, regardless of physical location.

Currency Hedging: Enables businesses and expatriates to maintain stable local currency balances to manage future obligations or hedge against volatility.

03 · Global Utility

The SPEND Program

Merchant Acceptance

Merchant Settlement: Facilitates large-scale settlement for foreign entities (like airlines) allowing them to accept local payments in the Americas.

Frictionless Travel: Enables citizens to spend their held foreign currencies directly while traveling, bypassing expensive exchange rates and fees.

04 · DIAMOND Methodology

A maturity model for institutional capacity.

AmericaPay utilizes the DIAMOND (Development Implementation and Monitoring Directives) framework to assess institutional readiness and sequence the rollout of digital infrastructure.

01

Initial

Fragmented, manual silos with paper-based approvals.

02

Basic

Formalized enforcement with digital but unstructured information.

03

Intermediate

Integrated policies and deterministic systems covering core functions.

04

Advanced

Intelligent, ML-driven risk profiling and continuous innovation.

05 · Protection

Settlement & Risk Mitigation.

The infrastructure is built upon Liquidity Anchor Banks, ensuring that transactions remain firmly within sovereign banking ecosystems while nullifying credit exposures.

FX Exposure

Hard Currency Prefunding

Foreign banks can prefund settlement accounts in any hard currency to protect against local currency depreciation risk.

Operational Efficiency

Bulk Movement

Transactions are accumulated and settled in bulk within a 24–48 hour window to drastically reduce overhead costs.

Partner Liability

Zero Credit Risk

Because accounts are strictly prefunded, the local partner banks bear absolutely no credit risk during the entire settlement lifecycle.

06 · Global Network

The DLC Group &
Subsidiary Ecosystem.

AmericaPay operates as a core regional hub within a robust, worldwide infrastructure connecting the globe's major financial arteries under the Digital Local Currency (DLC) umbrella.

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AsiaPay DLC

Asia-Pacific
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EuropePay Limited

Europe
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AfricaPay Limited

Africa
AR

ArabPay Limited

MENA Region

DLC Studio

Design & Architecture Hub

Guiding the UX, branding, and sovereign interface design across the entire group.

DLC Tech

Infrastructure & Engineering

The core engineering subsidiary maintaining the global nodes and cryptographic security.

07 · Regional Leadership

Guided by Global Expertise.

A multi-disciplinary team driving the Americas mandate, fully integrated with the overarching global DLC executive board.

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Kimia Darden

CEO · AmericaPay
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Muhsin Kachooee

Co-Founder & CPA
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Tim Dhillon

Co-Founder & CSO
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Fereshteh Kerdekari

Chief Corp. Gov. Officer
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Abi Waqqas

Chief Business Officer
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Yahya Yari

Chief Technical Officer
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Najma Jabeen

Chief Finance Officer
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DLC
Strategic programme partner

Digital Local Currency

The Digital Local Currency (DLC) Program is a global cross-border infrastructure initiative designed to enable national currencies to participate effectively in the digital economy. AmericaPay acts as the regional implementation partner.

Start a corridor conversation

Bring a bank to the table.
We’ll bring the other side.

If you are a regulator, a central bank, a regional bank or a foreign counterparty looking to open a clean, auditable, 1-to-1 corridor into the Americas — AmericaPay will walk you through the build from regulatory submission to first settlement.