Inspiration
People who earn in one country and support a household in another still send one lump of cash home. It costs about 6% on average, the exchange rate hides more, and the transfer often fails at the last mile when the agent is far away, out of cash, or offline. Even when the money arrives, the household gets cash and little else: no direct way to pay school or a clinic, and no proof of what the money did.
What it does
SupportOS turns one remittance into a household budget. The sender allocates a single transfer—for example, splitting funds across a verified school, groceries, and cash. Schools and clinics get paid directly, while cash remains available so support is directed without taking autonomy away from the receiving household.
How we built it
We built for the payments track from the receiving household outward, using Stellar for fast settlement and integration with licensed off-ramps (like MoneyGram) to turn digital assets into local currency.
Challenges we ran into
Keeping the scope strictly to what can actually ship for the hackathon: sender verification, a directed split, Stellar settlement, and a reliable cash-out partner.
Built With
- python
- stellar
- typescript
- usdc
