Barka Change alternative that matches you with USDT merchants
Unigox is a Barka Change alternative where a matched merchant or payment business, not the exchange, takes the other side of your USDT trade and escrow holds the USDT. Stay with Barka Change for Bitcoin, Ether, swaps or cash shops.
When to stay with Barka Change
You buy Bitcoin or Ether, or swap coins
Barka Change sells Bitcoin, Ether and USDT on Tron, BNB Smart Chain or Ethereum for mobile money, and exchanges one coin for another. Unigox trades stablecoins against local money only.
You want to trade cash at a counter
In some countries Barka Change runs shops where an agent checks your ID and swaps crypto for cash or cash for crypto. A Unigox trade happens online with a merchant or payment business.
You need the rate held while you pay
Barka Change fixes its rate for 60 minutes, which leaves time to send the mobile money payment.
Barka Change and Unigox for one USDT order
| Topic | Barka Change | Unigox |
|---|---|---|
| Who takes the other side | Barka Change itself, or one of its local subsidiaries, as the direct counterparty of every order. | A P2P merchant or a payment business, matched to your currency and amount. |
| Where the USDT waits | No escrow on barkachange.com and no customer balance. On a purchase you pay first, then it sends the coins to the address you give. On a sale you send the USDT to an address it names, then it pays you. Its merchant accounts on Binance P2P, OKX and Bybit use those venues' escrow. | During a trade the crypto sits in an on-chain escrow that Unigox can release only to the buyer or the seller. You can move USDT or USDC between Unigox and an outside wallet before or after a trade. |
| How you pay or get paid | Orange Money, MTN Money, Moov Money, Airtel Money or Wave; card or bank transfer where offered in your country. | By a method the merchant or payment business filling your order accepts, such as mobile money or a bank transfer, paid to an account you name. |
| Fees | A margin inside the conversion rate, shown before each order; no account, deposit or withdrawal fees. | The Unigox fee sits inside the rate for your amount, shown before you confirm. |
| USDT networks | Tron (TRC-20), BNB Smart Chain (BEP-20) and Ethereum (ERC-20). | EVM networks such as Ethereum, Arbitrum, BNB Smart Chain and Optimism, plus Solana, TON and Tron. |
| Identity check | ID document and selfie from account creation. Past its thresholds, proof of address and of account ownership, and possibly the source of funds. | Required before the first trade, at any amount. |
| Regulation | Its terms say it is not a regulated financial institution and is not subject to approval as a bank, e-money issuer or payment service provider. Authorised third parties, such as mobile money operators and banks, move the money. | Unigox works through two companies: UNIGOX NETWORK CORP. in Canada handles the local-money side and is registered with FINTRAC as a money services business and with the Bank of Canada as a payment service provider; UNIGOX NETWORK CORP. in Panama handles the crypto side, including wallets and escrow. |
UnigoxMove from Barka Change to Unigox in three steps
Verify your identity
Create a Unigox account and finish the identity check, which comes before your first trade of any size.
Bring the USDT Barka Change delivered
Send it from the outside wallet your Barka Change orders went to, on Tron, BNB Smart Chain or Ethereum.
Sell with the fee in the rate
Choose the currency and amount, read the rate with the Unigox fee already in it, name the account to be paid and confirm.
Questions about switching from Barka Change
Who runs Barka Change?
OPES GROUP SAS, a company registered in Burkina Faso with its address in Ouagadougou. Its terms say local subsidiaries run the service under the Barka Change name in WAEMU countries, and that it is not a regulated financial institution.
Does Barkachange hold your crypto between orders?
No. Its terms say it keeps no customer balance or wallet. Coins you buy go to the address you give; coins you sell leave your own wallet for an address it names. On Unigox the USDT sits in an on-chain escrow during a trade, and you can move it to an outside wallet before or after.
What fees does Barka Change charge?
No separate fee. It earns a margin inside the conversion rate it shows before you confirm, and charges no account, deposit or withdrawal fees. Unigox also puts its fee inside the rate, so compare the amount each one says you will receive for the same order.
Read the CryptoXOF comparisonCompare a Unigox rate with Barka Change's 60-minute quote
Enter the amount of your next Barka Change order on Unigox and compare what you would receive, with the Unigox fee already in the rate.
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