Visa has unveiled a new institutional stablecoin platform, marking another step in the payment giant’s expansion beyond traditional card processing towards blockchain-based financial infrastructure. The new tool is not a consumer payment product. The initiative is designed to support institutional participants managing stablecoin operations at scale instead.
This year, PaySpace Magazine Global team had a chance to visit Point Zero Forum, which ran alongside Swiss Fintech Week 2026, held in Zurich from June 19 to June 25. The two parallel events covered AI adoption in banking, agentic commerce, and the infrastructure for programmable money. As those topics are among the most-discussed within […]
PayPal USD (PYUSD) is now issued natively on Polygon through Paxos and made available via the Polygon Open Money Stack, the network’s payments infrastructure for moving money globally.
Cedar Money and Noah have announced a strategic partnership aimed at improving cross-border payment infrastructure for businesses trading between Africa and international markets. The collaboration combines Cedar’s regulated compliance framework with Noah’s stablecoin-powered payment technology to help importers and exporters settle international invoices more efficiently while meeting global regulatory requirements.
Melanion Digital has integrated Fipto’s payment infrastructure to support subscriptions in stablecoins for its Luxembourg-domiciled Sigma Market Neutral Fund.
Cross-border payments company Damisa has appointed Nick Watkins as Chairman of the Board, strengthening its leadership team as it prepares for a Series A funding round expected to begin later this year.
European crypto investors need to figure out how to rearrange their fintech portfolios as fintech giant Revolut begins removing support for Tether’s USDT. The decision came about as new regulations established by the European Union (EU) on cryptocurrency were introduced fully on July 1, 2026.
iFX EXPO International returned to Limassol from 16 to 19 June 2026, bringing together the online trading, fintech, payments, and financial services community for one of the sector’s largest annual gatherings. This year’s edition drew more than 6,500 attendees and over 200 exhibitors to City of Dreams Mediterranean, continuing the event’s decade-long role as a […]
The conversation around stablecoins has changed. Not long ago, industry events were dominated by discussions about potential. Stablecoins promised faster settlement, lower costs, global accessibility, and a payments infrastructure that could operate around the clock. The technology was compelling, but adoption remained largely theoretical. At iFX Expo International 2026, that initial optimism was replaced by […]
A coalition of more than 140 companies from different areas of financial services has agreed to back Open USD (OUSD), a new stablecoin announced on June 30, 2026, and governed by an independent entity called Open Standard. The joint initiative brings together banks, payments networks, crypto platforms and technology firms with the stated goal of […]
Singapore-based crypto and blockchain payments infrastructure platform Xweave has integrated Solana’s settlement layer into its institutional treasury product. The company announced the update at the Point Zero Forum in Zurich on June 24. This move targets one of corporate treasury’s oldest structural problems: the need to pre-fund accounts in multiple jurisdictions just to move money […]
Self-custody wallet provider Bron is partnering with stablecoin infrastructure company Noah to let users move money in and out of their wallets without leaving the app. The deal, announced June 25, pairs Bron’s seedless, MPC-based wallet architecture with Noah’s cross-border stablecoin rails, which already serve fintechs and exchanges in more than 70 countries.
The UNCHAIN Festival presented its fifth edition on 17 June 2026 inside the medieval walls of Oradea Fortress. This year, the fintech event drew the attention of more than 1,000 banking, payments, and insurance leaders from across Central and Eastern Europe, who gathered in Romania for the two networking days curated by organisers as a […]
Stablecoins are rapidly moving beyond their origins in the cryptocurrency sector and becoming a core component of modern financial infrastructure. With global stablecoin transaction volumes now reaching trillions of dollars annually, businesses, freelancers, remote workers, and consumers are increasingly using digital dollars for cross-border payments, settlements, savings, and global commerce. At the same time, regulators […]
FV Bank has announced an expansion of its financial infrastructure platform, bringing together stablecoin settlement, digital asset custody, programmable payments, cross-border banking services, and API-based financial tools within a single environment.
Nigeria already moves more stablecoin volume than almost any country outside Asia. Now it’s getting an institutional backer to match the population’s crypto enthusiasm. Ripple has taken a stake in Flutterwave $3.2 billion Series E round, with plans to wire RLUSD and the XRP Ledger directly into the continent’s largest payments network.
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