Mela is the first banking experience built and owned by Ethiopians, for Ethiopians worldwide — a USD account, a card, a remittance corridor, and a payments network for Habesha-owned businesses, all in one app.
We are a US-incorporated company headquartered in Dover, Delaware. Our ledger is our own. Our corridor relationships are our own. Our team is Ethiopian-led. We are not white-labeling someone else's bank — we are building the rail.
The story is simple. Your grandmother knew how to bank long before banks did — through ekub, through trust, through community. Mela is the software version of that, with the legal status and rails that make it work in 2026.
The product is the proof. We don't do hype.
"We" and "us" — Mela is built with the community, not pitched at it.
"Sent $400 to Awassa in 3 minutes" beats "Send money fast." Real numbers, real names, real moments.
