Research & Data
The reference layer behind KeyBS Pay: five structured directories covering countries, currencies, payment rails, banks and trade corridors — plus original datasets and provider benchmarks. Built for finance teams planning payments into new markets, and kept in step with the corridors we actually operate.
Reference directories
Country Directory
Payment profiles for 190+ countries — rails, currencies, regulators and settlement notes for every market we document.
Open directoryCurrency Directory
Currency-by-currency payment guides: conversion routes, corridor availability and settlement behaviour.
Open directoryPayment Rails
Rail-by-rail reference covering 48 payment rails — from SWIFT and SEPA to GhIPSS, NIBSS, UPI and PIX.
Open directoryBank Directory
Banks and routing detail by market — the institutions behind the accounts your beneficiaries hold.
Open directoryCorridor Explorer
Every documented trade lane — 859+ corridors with costs, timings and rail options per direction.
Open directoryDatasets & benchmarks
Flagship · Original Dataset · 2026
Africa–Gulf–China Cross-Border Payments & Settlement Index 2026
20 corridors from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa into China, the Gulf, the UK and the US — settlement rails, payout methods, indicative timings, documentation intensity and modeled costs. Free CSV/XLSX download, CC BY 4.0.
Explore the indexCorridor Cost Index
Original KeyBS Pay dataset benchmarking the cost of moving money across major trade corridors.
Top 100 Corridors
The busiest trade lanes, searchable and filterable by region, currency and rail.
Compare Providers
Side-by-side comparisons of KeyBS Pay against banks, SWIFT and modern payment providers.
Provider Reviews
Structured reviews of cross-border payment providers, written for finance teams.
How to use this hub
Start with the market: the Country Directory tells you which rails, currencies and regulators apply to a destination. From there, the Currency Directory and Payment Rails reference explain how funds actually settle, the Bank Directory covers the receiving institutions, and the Corridor Explorer connects both ends of the route with costs and timings. The datasets section adds original benchmarks — including the Corridor Cost Index — for comparing routes and providers.
Ready to act on the research? Run the numbers with our Payment Calculators, Tools & Calculators or FX Quote Engine. For guides and structured learning, head back to the Resource Center or the Trade Academy.
Turn research into a payment
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