Research

Research Library.

Corridor-level research, sorted by type. Live work first; a dated roadmap of what is forthcoming below.

Published · Corridor Intelligence

The CI-Brief series — numbered, dated, corridor-tagged analyses of specific routes. Published when corridor conditions warrant, by corridor rather than by calendar.

№ NGN-003
NGN
The Naira Settlement Mandate: What Actually Changed
CBN's May 2026 IMTO directive is being read as a compliance update. It is a structural reset of the Nigerian corridor. The operator implications have not been fully priced.
09 Jun 26
№ XOF-002
XOF
Same-Day Settlement in the Franc Zone: The Liquidity Gap Nobody Is Pricing
Esca Finance and MANSA announced same-day settlement across XOF and XAF corridors this week. The upstream claim is correct. The downstream liquidity constraint is unchanged. Operators pricing same-day as a single cost structure across both zones will find the gap in their P&L before they find it in their models.
09 Jun 26

Published · The Newsletter

The Corridor Intelligence letter, published at ci.acss.africa, including Issue 001. Corridor signals and the CI-Brief series, delivered as they are issued.

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Corridor Intelligence

The CI-Brief series: analyses of specific corridors across the six dimensions of the method.

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Country Intelligence

Corridor-level analysis organised by destination market — regulatory, banking, payments, and treasury readiness.

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Methods in Practice

Anonymized decision patterns and redacted brief excerpts — how the method reads a corridor, without naming counterparties.

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Standing references

Evergreen reference pages maintained alongside the dated brief series — corridor hubs and structured comparisons.

Forthcoming · Roadmap

These research objects are in development and listed as a roadmap. Trackers are a published research cadence, not a software product.

Annual Corridor Intelligence Report
A yearly read on corridor-level expansion conditions across the markets ACSS covers.
AnnualForthcoming
Quarterly Corridor Intelligence Report
A quarterly assessment of named corridors across the six dimensions of the method.
QuarterlyForthcoming
Monthly Country Briefs
Country-level briefs covering regulatory, banking, payments, and treasury readiness.
MonthlyForthcoming
Regulatory Tracker
A recurring published record of licensing and supervisory change by jurisdiction. A research cadence, not a monitoring product.
Published cadenceForthcoming
Treasury & FX Tracker
A recurring published record of treasury and FX conditions by corridor. A research cadence, not a monitoring product.
Published cadenceForthcoming
Banking Access Map
A periodic mapping of banking-partner availability and fit across corridors.
PeriodicForthcoming
Expansion Readiness Index
A composite read of corridor-level readiness to enter, drawn from the six dimensions.
PeriodicForthcoming