Why Blaaiz pivoted from consumer app to payment infrastructure

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Blaaiz has shifted from a consumer remittance app to a payments infrastructure business serving banks, fintechs, and other financial institutions. The company started with a Telegram bot, then launched a mobile app before realizing that customers wanted more corridors, currencies, and deeper infrastructure than the app model could support. That insight led Blaaiz to reposition around APIs, bank integrations, licensing, and compliance across multiple markets. The company now sees the infrastructure layer as the larger opportunity and is using its retail app as an internal testing ground for new features.

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