Coala Pay

Coala Pay is a blockchain-enabled payment infrastructure platform designed specifically for humanitarian finance, enabling NGOs, international donors, and implementing organizations to move aid money faster, more cheaply, and with full traceability. Founded in 2023 in San Francisco by experienced humanitarians, the company uses smart contracts and stablecoins to settle institutional funds in minutes instead of weeks, delivering up to 30–34% more money to local programming by reducing transaction costs and intermediary friction. The platform supports a full range of humanitarian payment flows—from funding local partners and delivering cash to households, to paying frontline workers and replenishing field office accounts—all through an intuitive dashboard while blockchain infrastructure operates behind the scenes. Coala Pay has been backed by Mastercard's Start Path program and works with UN agencies, Save the Children, and other major humanitarian organizations.