The Digital Hub of Treasury Solutions (DHoTS) is a joint platform that streamlines monetary transfers across the United Nations system, enhancing operational efficiency. Launched in 2021 under the leadership of UNHCR and UNDP, DHoTS has since expanded to include IOM, WMO, and other UN agencies, with UNICC providing technical support and project management. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies, DHoTS reduces transaction costs and ensures secure, real-time access to financial systems.

The UN Financial Gateway

DHoTS provides a robust financial infrastructure through the UN Financial Gateway.

monthly transactions

connected across 100+ countries

Our Core Services

Bank Connectivity

Swift, H2H, and API integrations

Treasury Management Systems

Implementation of state-of-the-art financial tools

Blockchain-Based Aid Disbursement

Live projects with UNHCR in Ukraine and Argentina

Artificial Intelligence

Leveraging AI to optimize payment processes, strengthen risk management, and drive data-informed decision-making

This initiative is the result of close collaboration among UN agencies and other key stakeholders, including UNHCR, UNDP, IOM, UNICC and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. With nearly 1 million CHF in funding over two years from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), DHoTS is now scaling up by expanding to new agencies and enhancing its technology infrastructure. 

Learn more

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation project page on DHoTS

UNHCR Digital Hub of Treasury Solutions overview

DHoTS enhances efficiency, effectiveness and security by enabling faster, more cost-effective connections to banks and fintech partners. The solution expands the UN system’s access to broader, higher-quality financial services, while strengthening controls to safeguard data and manage financial risks. At UNICC, we are proud to provide the technical and project management support for this initiative.

Avatar

Sameer Chauhan

aDirector, UNICC

The Swiss Development Cooperation supports DHoTS, because it is a precursor of the current humanitarian reset: It shares financial transaction providers among international organizations and substantially lowers their costs. It promotes innovation, e.g. by applying blockchain technology to better target and more safely reach cash assistance beneficiaries and by using artificial intelligence to better manage the cashflow and liquidity.

Avatar

Alex Widmer

SDC, Programme Manager for UNHCR

With DHoTS, we’re elevating treasury into a strategic powerhouse. By fusing shared digital infrastructure, advanced analytics, and next‑generation payment rails, we’re shaping a modern, data‑driven treasury model for the entire UN system.

Avatar

Carmen Hett

Treasurer, UNHCR,

Related News
Elisabeth Carpenter, Founding Chair, Circle Foundation on the Foundation’s new grant supporting the United Nations’ Digital Hub of Treasury Solutions, announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Circle Foundation and United Nations Aid Agencies Partner to Transform Global Aid Delivery and Transparency

Circle Foundation’s first international grant will support digital financial infrastructure across UN Ecosystems and its stakeholders 

UNHCR – Treasury “On Chain”: Digital Treasury Transformation

UNHCR’s treasury wins the EuroFinance Award 2025 for using blockchain and stablecoins to deliver faster, transparent aid to refugees worldwide.

Digital Hub of Treasury Solutions Launch Event

UNICC Joins the Launch of the Digital Hub of Treasury Solutions (DHoTS) 

DHoTS streamlines monetary transfers across the United Nations system, enhancing operational efficiency.

A pilot project run by the UNHCR in Ukraine ensured that cash aid was delivered directly into the hands of those being assisted – wherever they were and in real time. 2019 Bloomberg Finance Lp

How Blockchain Technology Is Making Humanitarian Cash Transfers Faster and Safer

With a blockchain pilot project in Ukraine, UNHCR has shown that cash aid payments can arrive faster and more efficiently thanks to modern technology. 

UNICC_Official_Standard_Logo