We Build the Tech
We steward open standards and build infrastructure so financial systems can connect once, and integrate with many.
Financial systems should work together, for everyone
We connect people, tech and systems to advance open payments and unlock financial agency for all.
The Problem We're Solving
Financial systems were never made to work together. Different rules, different formats, and different ways of connecting - if they connect. For those running them, it's an operational nightmare. For everyone else, it means uncertainty, higher costs and denied opportunity.
Interledger is designed to change that: open infrastructure that lets financial systems connect, and a foundation committed to making that infrastructure available to everyone.
We see a world where money moves freely and opportunity follows.
Making Money Move like Data
The internet was built on open standards. Protocols that no single company owned, that anyone could build on, and that made global information exchange possible.
In our connected world, money should move in the same way: reliably, across systems, as one network.
We call this the Internet of Opportunity: an open, interconnected financial infrastructure that creates opportunities for people, businesses and economies across the globe.
About us
Independent by Design
For any institution or developer building on open infrastructure, governance matters as much as technology. The Interledger Foundation does not operate payment networks, take fees, or represent commercial interests, which means the standards we steward are open by structure, not just by intention.
As an independent foundation, our mandate is to maintain and advance that infrastructure in the public interest, for as long as it takes.
Our tech governance
Real-world progress
From early experiments to real-world systems, this is what progress looks like in practice.