- Data completeness
- 100%
- Confidence
- 73%
- Sources
- 5
- Last reviewed
- 7 Jun 2025
The take
What to know
Yellow Card is stablecoin payments and on/off-ramp infrastructure for emerging markets, especially Africa, where it operates across roughly 20 countries via an API suite that connects local fiat to stablecoins. Founded in 2016 and based in Atlanta, it joined Tempo as an initial infrastructure partner announced on 2025-09-23, positioning it to link Tempo payment flows to local fiat rails and liquidity.
Best for
- +African and emerging-market stablecoin on/off-ramps
- +Business payments and collections using local payment rails
- +Connecting Tempo payment flows to local fiat liquidity
Watch out
- Country, currency, and payment-rail availability varies by market
- Initial Tempo partner status does not by itself prove live production corridor support on Tempo
The record
Key facts
- Role on Tempo
- Initial Tempo infrastructure partner, providing stablecoin on/off-ramps and stablecoin orchestration services as part of the launch partner cohort.· 60%
- Tempo partnership announced
- Named among Tempo's initial infrastructure partners on 2025-09-23.· 60%
- What it does
- Stablecoin payments and on/off-ramp infrastructure focused on emerging markets, especially Africa.· 90%
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, United States.· 60%
- Founded
- 2016, by Chris Maurice and Justin Poiroux.· 96%
- Regions
- Operates across roughly 20 African countries for business stablecoin on/off-ramps using local payment methods.· 60%
- Products
- Offers an API suite for integrating stablecoin and fiat payment infrastructure, including on/off-ramps.· 88%
The timeline
History
2016
Company founded
Yellow Card was founded by Chris Maurice and Justin Poiroux.
2024-10
Series C funding
Yellow Card raised a $33M Series C led by Blockchain Capital to scale its B2B stablecoin infrastructure.
2025-09
Tempo infrastructure partner
Tempo named Yellow Card among its initial infrastructure partners.
Questions
FAQ
- What is Yellow Card?
- Yellow Card is stablecoin payments and on/off-ramp infrastructure for emerging markets, especially Africa, offering an API suite that connects local fiat to stablecoins.
- What is Yellow Card's role on Tempo?
- It is an initial Tempo infrastructure partner, announced on 2025-09-23, providing stablecoin on/off-ramps and orchestration for Tempo payment flows.
- Where does Yellow Card operate?
- It operates across roughly 20 African countries for business stablecoin on/off-ramps using local payment methods.
- Where is Yellow Card based and when was it founded?
- Yellow Card is headquartered in Atlanta, United States, and was founded in 2016 by Chris Maurice and Justin Poiroux.