Kaoshi Network
Our digital peer-to-peer marketplace enables two-way currency exchanges between users with cedis and users in the diaspora with foreign currency.
Choosing your own exchange rate
We give you the flexibility to set your own exchange rate to swap your currency (within a given rate range), giving you greater control of each transfer.
We also provide a ‘Suggested Rate’, for our users who want to swap their currencies at the prevailing market rate.
Peer-to-peer Offers
Kaoshi users can access a daily stream of live offers in the marketplace across all the currencies we enable swaps. Our marketplace allows users, shop for the best offers. i.e. The offers that guarantee that their beneficiaries receive the most money.
In the event the available offers are not within your desired rate range, just set a preferred rate, using the ‘Rate Alert’ feature, and get notified when a better offer is live on the platform.
Kaoshi User Types
There are two types of users on Kaoshi – Matchers and Posters.
A ‘Matcher’ is someone who wants to send Cedis to Ghana from the diaspora. Whilst a ‘Poster’ is someone in Ghana who wants to exchange their Cedis for foreign exchange (FX), in their local domiciliary account or a foreign bank account.
Account Setup
Matcher User
I want to send Cedis to Ghana from the diaspora
Poster User (1)
I want to exchange Cedis for foreign exchange into a foreign bank account
Poster User (2)
I want to exchange Cedis for foreign exchange into a local domiciliary account
For instance – Kofi lives in the France and needs to send Cedi to his mum (Nana) in Ghana.
Kofi Creates his Kaoshi account
- Inputs contact details
- Selects Bank Location
- Enters preferred bank account as the payment method via Klarna
Account setup for Poster 1
Ashanti, who wants to send money to her brother (Felix) in the France for his upkeep
Ashanti Creates her Ghanaian Kaoshi account:
- Inputs contact details
- Selects Bank Location
- Select Payment Method
- Enter Ghanaian bank debit card details
Account setup for Poster B
Kojo is exchanging his Cedis for (inflow) US dollars for savings and personal online purchases.
Kojo creates a Poster account
- Inputs contact details
- Selects Bank Location
- Selects Payment Method
- Selects Delivery Method
- Enter Ghanaian domicilary bank account as the delivery method
- Enter Debit Card details as the payment method
How the Matcher and Poster accounts work together
Matcher User
I’m sending Cedis to Ghana from abroad
Poster User (1)
I’m exchanging Cedis for foreign exchange into my foreign bank account
Poster User (2)
I’m exchanging Cedis for foreign exchange into my local domiciliary account
A matcher user, Kofi intends on sending Cedis from France to his mom (Nana) in Ghana. He will achieve this by matching offers made by poster accounts on Kaoshi.
Kofi finds two offers from Kojo and Ashanti, poster accounts that match his request.
Matching request with poster 1
Step 1
Step 2
- Kofi is prompted to make the payment to Ashanti’s French bank account
- Kaoshi verifies the payment and payment amount
Ashanti receives her EUR in her French bank account
Step 3
Kofi’s Mum – Nana, receives her Cedis As soon as Ashanti’s brother (Felix) receives his EUR in his French account, the bank moves the Cedis on hold in Ashanti’s Cedi account to Kofi’s mom’s bank account
Matching request with poster 2
Step 1
Step 2
Kofi completes the transfer to a Ghanaian domiciliary account
- Kofi is prompted to make a USD payment to Kojo’s Ghanaian domiciliary account via his preferred licensed IMTO like Worldremit, Ria Money Transfer and Remitly
- To complete the transfer, Kofi copies Kojo’s details (as displayed) and is redirected to the licensed IMTOs page, where he is prompted to make the payment
Step 3
- Kaoshi verifies the payment and payment amount
- Kojo receives his (inflow) US dollars in his domiciliary account
- As soon as Kojo receives the US dollars in his domiciliary account, the bank moves the Cedis on hold in Kojo’s Cedis account to Kofi’s mom’s account.
A poster user, Ashanti intends on sending EUR to her brother, Felix, in the France from her Ghanaian bank to her brother’s French bank account.
Step 1
Ashanti starts by posting an offer with her Ghanaian account then she gets matched to a user that accepts her offer.
- She specifies the EUR amount she wants to send.
- Sets preferred exchange rate
- Enters her brother’s email address as the recipient (NOTE: Felix receives an email prompting him to open a Kaoshi account to be able to receive the money. He also needs to add his SEPA-enabled bank account as delivery method.)
- Ashanti’s bank places a fund hold on her Cedi account for the cedi amount till the transaction is completed.
- Ashanti’s posting limit is 1000 EUR per transaction, but she can make multiple transactions daily.
- Unmatched offers expire after 24 hours and the fund hold is released on Ashanti’s cedi account for the aforementioned cedi amount.
Step 2
Offer getting matched
Ashanti’s offer is then matched to a user who accepts her offer.
- The user that matched Ashanti’s offer is then prompted to make the payment to Ashanti’s French bank account
- Kaoshi verifies the payment and payment amount
A poster user, Kojo intends on exchanging his Cedis from his Ghanaian bank account for US Dollars into his local domiciliary account.
Step 1
Posting an offer (Poster 2)
Kojo starts by posting an offer with his Kaoshi account then he gets matched to a user that accepts his offer.
- Specifies the US dollar amount he needs
- Sets preferred exchange rate
- Enters his Kaoshi email address as the recipient
- Kojo’s bank places a fund hold on his cedis account for the cedis amount till the transaction is completed.
- Kojo’s posting limit is 1000 USD per transaction, but he can make multiple transactions daily.
- Unmatched offers expire after 24 hours and the fund hold is released on Kojo’s cedis account for the aforementioned cedis amount.
- Although Kojo’s offer is a request for USD in his domiciliary account, his offer is broadcast to everyone across the globe, and not just to Kaoshi users in the USA. For his offer to be accessible globally, it is automatically converted to the local currency of each country it is broadcast to – by licensed international money transfer operators (IMTOs) on Kaoshi like Worldremit, Ria Money Transfer or Remitly.
Step 2
Offer getting matched
Kojo offer is then matched to a user who accepts his offer.
- A matcher is prompted to make a USD payment to Kojo’s Ghanaian domiciliary account via his preferred licensed IMTO like Worldremit, Ria Money Transfer and Remitly
- To complete the transfer, the Matcher user copies Kojo’s details (as displayed) and is redirected to the licensed IMTOs page, where he is prompted to make the payment
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