# FiveWest

> Digital Money for a Digital Age

FiveWest bridges traditional banking and blockchain technology by providing cryptocurrency trading, payment processing, and international transfer services.

FiveWest helps financial institutions and users access cryptocurrency markets through compliant trading services. Users can execute large OTC trades, accept crypto payments, send international remittances, and trade digital assets with leverage. 

- Type: Company
- Sector: Finance
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2020-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/fivewest

## Products

- [FiveWest Platform](https://thegrid.id/profiles/fivewest): FiveWest is a financial services platform that bridges traditional banking and blockchain technology, offering OTC cryptocurrency trading, merchant payment gateway services, and international remittance solutions for institutional and private clients in South Africa. (Financial Services Platform, Live, Main Product)
- [FiveWest OTC Desk](https://thegrid.id/profiles/fivewest): FiveWest OTC Desk provides institutional high-volume crypto and FX trading for enterprises moving capital between Africa and Asia without the slippage of public exchange order books. Clients access structured liquidity across ZAR and multiple African and Asian currency pairs with transparent pricing, direct desk execution, and near-instant settlement backed by FiveWest's regulatory stack. (OTC, Live)
- [FiveWest Earn](https://thegrid.id/profiles/fivewest): FiveWest Earn is a savings and yield product that allows users to deposit digital assets to earn daily yield generated through lending and liquidity provisioning for FiveWest's matched OTC desk. Yield accrues daily with no lock-in and no fees, and principal can be withdrawn at any time subject to a 14-day maximum notice period. (Savings & Yield, Live)
- [FiveWest ZAR Payouts](https://thegrid.id/profiles/fivewest): FiveWest ZAR Payouts is an end-to-end automated payout infrastructure service enabling enterprises to distribute ZAR to South African recipients with same-day settlement across supported African and Southeast Asian corridors. Businesses fund accounts in ZAR, stablecoin, or supported fiat via dashboard or API, and FiveWest handles local currency conversion, corridor routing, and instant Payshap settlement at major South African banks within FiveWest's licensed framework. (Payments Infrastructure & Orchestration, Live)

## Links

- [Main](https://fivewest.co.za)
- [Blog](https://fivewest.co.za/resources/insights)
- [Documentation](https://docs.fivewest.co.za)
- [Terms of Service](https://information-centre.fivewest.co.za/legal/terms-of-service)
- [Privacy policy](https://information-centre.fivewest.co.za/legal/privacy-notice)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/fivewestza)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fivewest)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/FivewestSA)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@FiveWestOTC)

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