Fiat currency · BSD

Bahamian Dollar on U.CASH

The Bahamian dollar is pegged one-to-one with the US dollar since 1966, the anchor of a tourism economy where the paying guests think in dollars anyway. The Bahamas is also home to one of the world's first central bank digital currencies, the Sand Dollar.

Rails settle it at checkout; pegged tokens settle it on-chain. Both live on the same non-custodial U.CASH checkout.

Bahamian Dollar at a glance

Code
BSD
Symbol
B$
Local rail
None in the set
Pegged tokens
0

Rails that settle BSD

Bahamian-dollar checkouts can offer SWIFT for bank transfers and cards through your own Stripe or Verifone account.

SWIFT

International. Manual rail, no processor account.

Stripe

Worldwide. Card processing via your own account.

Verifone (2Checkout)

Worldwide. Card processing via your own account.

Pegged tokens on U.CASH

No Bahamian stablecoin trades on U.CASH today, but the one-to-one dollar peg makes USDT and USDC a near-native on-chain rail for BSD settlement.

No BSD-pegged token trades on U.CASH today. Card rails and the crypto assets cover checkout settlement.

How to accept BSD at checkout

Step 01

Open a checkout

A store, a payment link, or an embedded checkout on U.CASH Pay lists what buyers can pay with. Card processing covers BSD buyers through your own processor account.

Step 02

Set your prices in BSD

Your prices stay denominated in Bahamian Dollar. The checkout derives the crypto amount live at payment time when a buyer pays with a digital asset, and the BSD figure is what your ledger reconciles against.

Step 03

Get paid

Card buyers settle through your processor. Each payment arrives with its reference and transaction detail in the record.

Step 04

Settle your way

Hold receipts, convert them on a schedule, or pay out through the rails that reach your bank. Nothing about the currency choice locks the treasury path.

The BSD rails compared

Reach, flow mode, and what each rail asks of the buyer, from the rail registry.

Bank
SWIFT · Global by nature · Manual flows · Reference per order. U.CASH charges nothing on the SWIFT rail. Sender and intermediary banks take their own fees, which vary by co…
Card
Stripe · Global by nature · Automatic flows · Not required. U.CASH charges nothing on top: you pay Stripe's processing fees, and Stripe's payout schedule applies. Connec…
Card
Verifone (2Checkout) · Global by nature · Automatic flows · Not required. U.CASH charges nothing on top: you pay Verifone's processing fees on your own account terms, and Verifone's p…
Bank
SWIFT · Essentially every banking system · For corridors the local rails do not cover

A practical composition for a Bahamian Dollar merchant: the local rail wins domestic transactions on cost and speed, cards cover the buyers who reach for plastic, and cross-border settlement rides conversion or SWIFT depending on the corridor. Offer all of them from one checkout and let each payment find its natural path; the invoice stays in BSD whichever leg carries it.

The on-chain alternative

No BSD-pegged token trades on U.CASH today, so on-chain settlement for Bahamian Dollar runs through conversion: the buyer pays a liquid crypto asset and the checkout converts at payment time, with the BSD amount carried as the invoice's denomination. The card rails cover buyers who prefer traditional payment; SWIFT covers the bank-to-bank path between accounts.

Where it settles

Countries served by the Bahamian Dollar rails on U.CASH.

Bahamas

Bahamian Dollar: FAQ

Can I accept Bahamian dollar payments?
Yes: SWIFT delivers to a Bahamian account, cards clear BSD through both processors, and the dollar peg makes the dollar stablecoins a near-native on-chain equivalent.
What is the Sand Dollar?
The Bahamas' central bank digital currency, live since 2020 and the first CBDC in wide circulation anywhere; it runs on the domestic rail rather than public chains.
How do I price BSD when buyers pay crypto?
Price in Bahamian Dollar and let the checkout derive: the invoice carries the BSD figure, the buyer's wallet sees the crypto equivalent at live rates, and your ledger reconciles against the BSD denomination. The currency of record never changes.
Can I settle BSD without a local rail?
Yes, two roads: cards through your own processor account for traditional buyers, or conversion settlement where the buyer pays a liquid crypto asset against a BSD-denominated invoice. SWIFT covers bank-to-bank between accounts.
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BSD, rails and chains

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