Bando’s product enabling onchain payments for everyday utilities and prepaid codes was designed for people in Mexico, the USA, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and beyond. These users face real barriers when trying to use crypto in everyday life. From buying groceries with stablecoins to topping up mobile data, the gap between crypto and real-world utility is wide.
Celo was built with this in mind.
Celo is an Ethereum Layer-2 built for the real world and designed for fast, low-cost payments worldwide. The chain is optimized for mobile performance and is already adopted by wallets and apps with over 7 million mobile users across LATAM and Africa—exactly where Bando users are.
Bando is not a wallet. It’s not an exchange. It’s the spending protocol that powers the final step in crypto’s journey: making everyday payments accessible and efficient.
That means:
Celo supports this natively.
Their infrastructure makes stablecoin payments fast and cost-effective. With Bando’s APIs and widget, wallets on Celo can offer prepaid codes, mobile top-ups, bill payments, and gaming spend in a few clicks. This dramatically increases their user retention and unlocks 4x to 170x better margins compared to swaps.
Many crypto tools on the market today are built for speculation. Bando and Celo are different. We’re here to make crypto spendable.
Together, we’re proving that users in the Global South don’t need to wait for the future of Web3, they can spend their crypto today. Whether it’s topping up their phone, paying subscriptions, or sending a prepaid code to a friend, Bando and Celo delivers.
Our goal is to integrate with 20+ chains, but every product needs a strong first step. Choosing Celo gave us the foundation to build fast, reach our audience, and stay aligned with our mission of making crypto useful.
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