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.

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.
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BSD, rails and chains

Bank rails for the checkout, pegged tokens for on-chain settlement, one non-custodial platform.