May 11
PlugPay is now live
Pay with crypto in the real world! Using simple QR codes and payment scanning directly in Plug Wallet 🙏👏
May 11
Plug Pay is now live! This allows you to complete real-world payments for all kinds of purchases:
- Supermarket shops🛒
- Flights ✈️
- Coffee ☕️
and more! Thank you to our friends at @OpenCryptoPay for helping us out with this integration 🚀
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11 Dec 2025
📽️Find out how WFP’s digital payment solution plugPAY helps families in Nigeria access cash assistance instantly in emergencies.
@WFP_Nigeria
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WFP Nigeria
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11 Aug 2025
Meet Anicia from Libon, Albay 👋
After Tropical Storm Kristine, she received emergency cash support to buy food and other essentials for her family, thanks to plugPAY, a digital solution supporting @WFP_Philippines response.
Learn more: innovation.wfp.org/project/p…
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1 Aug 2025
In emergencies, fast access to cash can save lives. 💸
It allows people to buy what they need most: food, medicine or other essentials. WFP supports #plugPAY, a digital payment solution that lets people choose how they receive cash, putting choice in their hands. @WFP_Philippines
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9 May 2024
In 2023, our cash-based transfer innovations reached 23,913,884 people, revolutionizing the design and delivery of cash and value vouchers worldwide. 🚀
Learn about innovations like plugPAY and Payment Instrument Tracking in our 2023 Year in Review: bit.ly/WFPIA-YiR2023
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30 Dec 2023
💻 PlugPay, a digital payment solution, has reached over 600,000 people in Zambia and Sri Lanka in 2023, transferring more than US$7 million and reducing transfer fees by 80 percent. This means more funds reaching those in need efficiently. 💸
#WFPInnovation #FinancialInclusion
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22 Aug 2023
Meet Naomi, 22, from DRC. She found refuge with her mother & kids in Zambia's Mantapala settlement in 2020.
Thanks to #plugPAY, Naomi gets @WFP’s monthly cash assistance to buy food🥘 & medicine💊 for her family.
Learn more: bit.ly/WFP-PlugPay
#InnovationInAction
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18 Jul 2023
1⃣in5⃣ Sri Lankans face food insecurity
⚡️@WFP has scaled-up life-saving cash transfers with #plugPAY to those in need in #SriLanka🇱🇰
Over 100,000 individuals have received life-saving cash assistance with plugPAY watch video here⬇️ @WFPSriLanka @WFPAsiaPacific
#DisruptHunger
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13 Jun 2022
🏆 @WFP's plugPAY platform won 2022 @WFPInnovation Award!
#plugPAY, is a #digitalpayment platform enabling:
💳 humanitarians to quickly deploy funds in multiple countries; and
📲 communities to receive funds through their payment instrument of choice.
➡️ bit.ly/WFPIA-awards22
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12 Jun 2022
🏆 @WFP's plugPAY platform won 2022 @WFPInnovation Award!
#plugPAY, is a #digitalpayment platform enabling:
💳 humanitarians to quickly deploy funds in multiple countries; and
📲 communities to receive funds through their payment instrument of choice.
➡️ bit.ly/WFPIA-awards22
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12 Jun 2022
🏆 @WFP's plugPAY platform won 2022 @WFPInnovation Award!
#plugPAY, is a #digitalpayment platform enabling:
💳 humanitarians to quickly deploy funds in multiple countries; and
📲 communities to receive funds through their payment instrument of choice.
➡️ bit.ly/WFPIA-awards22
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9 Jun 2022
🏆 Award #2 is for @WFP's plugPAY 🏆
plugPAY, is a #digitalpayment platform enabling:
💳 humanitarians to quickly deploy funds in multiple countries; and
📲 communities to quickly receive funds through their payment instrument of choice.
Read ➡️ bit.ly/WFPIA-awards22
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2 Mar 2022
Featuring our sprint project plugPAY, which is a #digitalpayment platform enabling:
💳 humanitarians to quickly deploy funds in multiple countries; and
📲 communities to quickly receive funds through a single platform
Read ➡️ bit.ly/WFP-PlugPay
@WFP_Haiti @WFP_Africa
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17 Feb 2022
How did a #digitalpayment platform boost financial inclusion in Zambia?⚡️
Discover how @WFP's PlugPay enabled:
💳 humanitarians to quickly deploy funds,
📲 18,000 refugees to receive funds through their payment instrument of choice.
Read ➡️ wfp.org/news/digital-payment…
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14 Dec 2021
Last week, @WFP, @AskCiti, @MTN_Zambia, and #Zambia Electronic Clearing House successfully piloted our sprint project #plugPAY 📲
What does plugPAY do? 💳
It allows communities to receive cash assistance through their payment instrument of choice ➡️ bit.ly/WFP-PlugPay
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10 Dec 2021
For the first time, @WFP, Citibank and MT have provided cash assistance through an innovative digital payment solution, plugPAY in #Zambia allowing people to receive cash directly into their bank accounts or mobile wallets reliefweb.int/report/zambia/…
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9 Dec 2021
Digital Payment Solution plugPay enables Refugees in Zambia to receive Direct Cash techbuild.africa/?p=411378
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2 Dec 2021
This week, @WFP, @AskCiti, @MTN_Zambia& Zambia Electronic Clearing House successfully piloted #plugPAY! With #plugPAY, beneficiaries will have a variety of options to withdraw their #cashbasedtransfers that will enhance their nutrition needs.
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19 Nov 2021
@WFP, @BankofZambia,@Askciti, @MTN_Zambia &
Zambia Electronic Clearing House today held the inaugural stakeholder forum on #plugPAY, an interoperable digital payment solution, fostering financial inclusion and offering beneficiaries choice on how they receive cash assistance.
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25 Oct 2021
#UNDAY2021 ⚡️
Featuring our sprint project PlugPAY, which is a #digitalpayment platform enabling:
💳 humanitarians to quickly deploy funds in multiple countries; and
📲 communities to quickly receive funds through a single platform
Read ➡️ bit.ly/WFP-PlugPay
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