# Shiga Digital > Access blockchain powered finance anywhere, anytime. Shiga Digital is a blockchain based financial services company for African businesses. It converts stablecoins to fiat currencies and enables cross-border payments and treasury management. Shiga Digital is a blockchain based financial services company that gives African businesses and individuals access to on-chain financial tools. It offers stablecoin to fiat conversion, cross-border payments, foreign exchange, and treasury management, with services built around self-custody and non-custodial wallets. The company targets enterprises, independent contractors, and high-net-worth individuals seeking alternatives to traditional cross-border banking. The platform addresses limited access to international banking and currency volatility across African markets by routing transactions through stablecoin rails rather than legacy correspondent banking. Users can hold, send, and convert digital assets for local currencies through virtual accounts and structured transaction services designed for high volume trades. Shiga Digital works with licensed transmitters in relevant jurisdictions to support compliant settlement. Its offering spans a business dashboard for payments and swaps, a structured transaction service for large-volume trades, and virtual account infrastructure for treasury and foreign exchange management. It is used by corporates, SMEs, and individuals across Africa seeking liquidity and payment tools anchored in stablecoins. The company received a strategic investment from Tether to support expansion of its on-chain financial infrastructure. - Type: Company - Sector: Payments - Status: Active - Founded: 2023-02-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/shiga_digital ## Products - [Shiga](https://thegrid.id/profiles/shiga_digital): Shiga is a multichain stablecoin-to-fiat on/off ramp that lets individuals exchange, buy, sell, and transfer stablecoins into local fiat currencies. It works through a consumer mobile app connected to multiple blockchain networks and settlement rails including Faster Payments, SEPA, Fedwire, and ACH, converting between crypto and fiat in real time. Users access instant conversions, swaps between supported stablecoins, and self-custody wallet balances from a single dashboard. (On/Off Ramp, Live, Main Product) - [Shiga Business](https://thegrid.id/profiles/shiga_digital): Shiga Business is a neobank-style platform providing decentralized banking solutions for global enterprises engaged in Pan-African trade. It offers FX management, payroll, liquidity automation, and stablecoin-to-fiat conversions through self-custody wallets and multichain settlement rails. Companies manage operational finance with dedicated support and access to Faster Payments, SEPA, Fedwire, and ACH settlement networks. (Neobank, Live) - [Shiga STS](https://thegrid.id/profiles/shiga_digital): Shiga STS, or Structured Transaction Services, is an over-the-counter trading desk for high-volume stablecoin and fiat transactions. It provides personalized support from a dedicated account manager, enabling businesses and high-net-worth individuals to trade large amounts of digital assets and fiat currencies outside public exchanges. Clients execute large cross-currency trades across African and global corridors with negotiated pricing and direct relationship management. (OTC, Live) ## Links - [Main](https://shiga.io) - [Terms of Service](https://shiga.io/terms-of-service) - [Privacy policy](https://shiga.io/privacy-policy) - [Media Kit/branding](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16Z-1FCMtamXB4EOeEUSih1AHssd8RnKK) - [Documentation](https://docs.shiga.io) - [Twitter / X](https://x.com/ShigaDigital) - [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/shigadigital) - [Medium](https://medium.com/@ShigaDigital) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/shigadigital) ## Legal This data is provided under two licensing models. Model 1 - open data. The open data core is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — a copyleft/share-alike license allowing free use, modification, and sharing for any purpose. Attribution is required: include "Powered by The Grid" linking to https://thegrid.id wherever the data is used. 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