India-built, region-ready

Local rules. Shared lending discipline.

Use a common product and operating core while adapting identity, currency, language, calendars, payment rails, hosting, data residency and reporting to each country.

LocaliseLanguage, currency and calendar
ConnectIdentity, bureau and payment rails
ControlEntity, access and data residency
ReportCountry-specific definitions and formats

Regional operating models

A common core with market-specific edges.

The platform standardises loan and operational events; deployment work localises providers, controls and reporting.

IN

India

Designed around Indian NBFC, MFI, co-operative and digital-lending operations, with controls aligned to the institution’s regulated model.

  • RBI digital-lending workflow controls
  • Scale-based and NBFC-MFI configurations
  • India banking and payment patterns
  • AWS Mumbai residency option
AS

South and Southeast Asia

Configure multi-entity portfolios for digital, consumer, SME, rural and secured lenders with market-specific providers.

  • Local identity and bureau adapters
  • Multi-currency and tax calendars
  • Bank, wallet and payment rails
  • Local language templates
AF

Africa

Support bank, MFI, SACCO, payroll, asset and mobile-first lenders through configurable channels and core boundaries.

  • Mobile-money and bank patterns
  • Group, community and agent operations
  • Multi-country portfolio views
  • Country hosting and reporting review

Regulatory coverage is deployment-specific. Country expansion requires legal, security, data-residency and integration review. Platform configuration is not legal advice or automatic certification.

Country configuration

Localise the edges without forking the core.

01

Identity and verification

National ID, business registry, bureau, document, e-sign and consent providers approved for the market.

02

Money and calendars

Currency precision, tax, business days, holidays, rate basis, rounding and schedule conventions.

03

Payment rails

Banks, direct debit, mandates, wallets, mobile money, cash collection and settlement behavior.

04

Language and communication

Operator UI, documents, borrower messages, voice, SMS and right-to-left needs where applicable.

05

Data and hosting

Residency, cross-border transfer, retention, encryption, backup and disaster-recovery requirements.

06

Regulatory reporting

Definitions, classifications, templates, frequency, evidence, sign-off and change management.

Country rollout model

Prove the legal and financial path before scaling the channels.

A regional rollout starts with the legal entity, product, data flows, service providers, payment path, accounting model and reporting obligations. Translation alone is not localisation.

Discover
Map licence, products, customers, providers, data locations, money movement and reporting.
Configure
Set currency, calendar, language, policy, schedule, accounting, access and evidence rules.
Integrate
Connect approved local identity, bureau, banking, payment and communication services.
Validate
Test customer, credit, accounting, failure, reconciliation, security and regulatory scenarios.
Scale
Add products, branches, partners and entities after operational and control readiness.

Market qualification

What must be confirmed before a country claim.

Legal

Licence and conduct

Permitted product, channel, pricing, disclosure, consent, collections and outsourcing obligations.

Data

Privacy and residency

Collection purpose, storage, transfer, retention, deletion, access and breach obligations.

Money

Payment and settlement

Approved rails, account ownership, reconciliation, safeguarding and reversal semantics.

Credit

Identity and bureau

Provider access, permitted purpose, customer rights, dispute and decision transparency.

Finance

Accounting and tax

Recognition, classification, provisioning, tax, chart of accounts and financial reporting.

Operations

Language and support

Local templates, service hours, escalation, field operations and vendor accountability.

Regional FAQ

Questions about country expansion.

Is SquareNow compliant in every Asian and African country?

No platform should make that blanket claim. SquareNow is configurable, but each country requires a deployment-specific legal, security, data-residency and integration review.

Does SquareNow support multiple currencies?

The platform supports multi-currency configuration patterns. Precision, rounding, tax, rate and accounting behavior are validated for each product and entity.

Can one group operate several country entities?

Multi-entity views can share standards while retaining product, user, ledger, reporting and residency boundaries. The final architecture depends on local requirements.

Start with one country, one entity and one product.

Plan a regional rollout