Articles Tagged “Payments”
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Open USD Goes Live as the Default Stablecoin on Stripe
Open USD (OUSD) went live September 30 on four chains, and Stripe made it the default stablecoin across its products for 200+ network partners.
Citi Coinbase Stablecoin Payments: How Spring by Citi Works
Citi and Coinbase expand their deal: Spring by Citi lets businesses accept stablecoin payments from 150M+ holders and settle in fiat, starting in the US.
Tokenized CAD Deposits: Canada's Big Six Banks Team Up
Canada's six largest banks are jointly exploring tokenized Canadian-dollar deposits, starting with transfers between banks. Here's how the plan works.
Tabby's $233M Series F Values Fintech at $6.5B
Gulf fintech Tabby raised $233 million at a $6.5 billion valuation, up from $4.5 billion last October, on $18 billion of annualised volume.
XRP Ledger Batch Bundles Eight Transactions Into One
The XRP Ledger's Batch V1.1 amendment groups up to eight transactions with all-or-nothing settlement, with activation expected shortly after September 29.
PYUSDx Lets Any Business Mint a PYUSD-Backed Token
PYUSDx went live September 9, letting businesses issue custom stablecoins backed 1:1 by PYUSD. Launch partners have moved over $100 million.
DBS and Citi Settle a Weekend Dollar Payment in Minutes
A Singapore-to-New York USD payment cleared in minutes on a Saturday using tokenized deposits, versus up to two business days on the usual rails.
TabaPay Raises $155M and Moves to Buy Transact Bank
TabaPay closed a $155M round led by FTV Capital and plans to acquire OCC-chartered Transact Bank, renaming it TabaBank, N.A. in Q4 2026 pending approval.
Helcim Raises $53M to Serve 22,000 Small Merchants
Calgary payments firm Helcim closed a $53M Series C led by BDC Capital, with 22,000 active merchants, $150M in annual revenue and $10B processed yearly.
Mastercard Pilots Shared Identity Checks for Stablecoins
Mastercard and Borderless.xyz are piloting Crypto Credential for cross-border stablecoin flows, testing a single-audit compliance model with 3 partners.
Cloudflare Wallets Give AI Agents a Spending Limit
Cloudflare launched stablecoin wallets and cloudflare.pay handles so AI agents can buy APIs and content under spending caps and approved-merchant rules.
Solana Pay Targets 330,000 Merchants in South Korea
Korean payments firm KSNET signed an MOU with the Solana Foundation to bring Solana Pay to 330,000+ merchants processing $4 billion in monthly volume.
Samsung Wallet Is Adding Native Stablecoin Support
Samsung confirmed at Galaxy Unpacked on July 22 that Samsung Wallet will gain native stablecoin transfers across its huge device install base.
Circle Brings USDC Payment Rails to South Korea
Circle signed MOUs with Kakao and Toss Bank on July 23 to build USDC payment rails in South Korea, extending regulated stablecoin infrastructure.
Marqeta and zerohash Bring Stablecoins to Cards
A Marqeta and zerohash deal lets people spend stablecoin balances at millions of merchants using standard cards, while merchants still get paid in fiat.
JPYC Stablecoin to Pay 2,300 Japanese Logistics Partners
AZ-COM Maruwa will settle payments to 2,300 partners in JPYC, Japan's first regulated yen stablecoin, after 2 billion yen hit on-chain circulation.
Airwallex Hits $11B Valuation and Bets Big on Agentic AI Finance
Airwallex raised a $320M Series H to reach an $11B valuation, hit $1.3B annualized revenue, and launched agentic AI finance products T:0 and Airi. Here's the scoop.
Mastercard Opens Its Settlement Rails to Regulated Stablecoins for Always-On Finance
Mastercard announced on June 3, 2026 that it is expanding on-chain settlement to regulated stablecoins, adding intraday, weekend, and holiday settlement toward an always-on model.
Mastercard and Rain Launch Stablecoin-Backed Credit and Prepaid Cards for Institutions
Mastercard and stablecoin startup Rain announced a $1.95B-valued partnership on May 4, 2026 — institutional credit and prepaid cards backed by stablecoins now run on Mastercard's global network.
Visa Canada and Wealthsimple Run Canada's First Stablecoin Settlement Pilot With USDC
Visa Canada and Wealthsimple announced Canada's first stablecoin settlement pilot on May 5, 2026 — credit card transactions can now settle in USDC instead of conventional bank rails for participating cardholders.