Cash-based assistance
Safe, secure and reliable technology for humanitarian programmes
Humanitarian actors are increasingly moving towards cash and digital payments to provide assistance either immediately after a disaster, or to help build communities’ capacities in the longer-term. sQuid's proven technology - which is underpinned by its safe and secure, regulated, high integrity payment system - helps NGOs eliminate fraud and improves accountability.
sQuid Cash-Based Assistance Platform
The adaptable platform enables NGOs to provide cash disbursements or commodity credits to beneficiaries.
Platform key components
Key features
Adaptable system with flexible
components
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Improves efficiencies
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Proven with multiple large scale use cases

Core technology
- Robust Android terminals that operate without the need for constant connectivity
- Configurable components based around a central hosted Digital Account system
- Safe, secure, and fully encrypted end-to-end
- Adaptable and configurable system with multiple large scale use cases
Customer experience
- Real-time tracking of issuance, collection and spend for cash distributions and commodity credits
- Configurable range of goods
- Simple access smartcard for the beneficiary that can be encoded with multiple digital wallets

Field system flexibility
- Manage price spiking and improve in-field control
- Improved fraud management
- Enables visibility and central control, with better management of funds
Experience
"sQuid’s smartcard system enabled
thousands of individuals to receive vital humanitarian assistance in a
fast and reliable way.”