The Level One Project
Useful, Convenient, Affordable Payments for All

The Level One Project helps the public and private sectors develop pro-poor, digital financial services and markets that work for all. Our goal is for every country in the world to have one inclusive, interconnected, digital economy.

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Why Inclusive Instant Payments Systems (Inclusive IPS)

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About L1P

The L1P Principles

Navigate best practice design choices and tools to support implementation

Principles

See IIPS in Action

Learn from in-market cases and emerging topics

L1P in Action

A Vision for Inclusive Instant Payment Systems: Level One Project

Watch this primer on how interoperable inclusive payment infrastructure can benefit the global economy, especially low-income end users and a full spectrum of providers.

Inclusive IPS

Our vision is simple: Inclusive Instant payment systems make payments Useful, Convenient, and Affordable for all.

A woman purchases a necklace using mobile money in Rwanda.

Design Principles

The Level One Project recognizes the complexity of bringing an inclusive instant payment system to life. We advocate for a set of interdependent principles which, taken together, result in resilient infrastructure that reaches the poorest. Our Implementor’s Checklist allows you to browse the full Set of principles and filter according to your own context and priorities. This includes applying priority lenses – check out the Fraud Mitigation Lens, the Cross-Border Lens, and the forthcoming Women’s Inclusion lens.

See L1P in Action

Countries across the globe are implementing instant payment systems and demonstrating how design choices can lead directly to inclusion, and volumes. The l1P Project team highlights cases from these countries and shares what it has learned from these systems and our partners in topical briefs and linked reports.

A farmer in Kenya harvests sweet potatoes.
A woman uses mobile money to purchase fruit at a market in Rwanda.

Browse the Library

Peruse our searchable library of documentation to view and download full reports and other resources.

A seller with fresh produce in a local marketplace in Lakshmipuram in Vellore, India, on September 13, 2019.

Partners & Community

Learn about the organizations Level One Project partners with and their work in Inclusive Instant Payments Systems.