50 stories about Payments from across the crypto press, curated and summarized daily. Most recent: Jul 26, 2026.
South Korea’s largest lender will use JPMorgan’s blockchain platform to support US dollar cross-border payments for import and export businesses across 10 countries.
Samsung revealed plans to add stablecoin support to its Wallet app, showcasing Circle's USDC at Galaxy Unpacked. The move could make crypto payments more accessible to mainstream users, but details remain limited.
Coinbase is rolling out a new system to let businesses accept payments from AI bots. The company says this is its 'most high-conviction bet' for the future of crypto payments. The feature will use Coinbase Payments and the x402 standard, which allows AI agents to make transactions on behalf of users.
Circle, the issuer of USDC, is partnering with South Korean tech giant Kakao and digital bank Toss Bank to explore blockchain-based stablecoin payment infrastructure in South Korea.
Coinbase Business users can now accept payments from AI agents using the x402 protocol, which was developed and incubated by the exchange. This move aims to bridge the gap in the AI agent economy for businesses and developers.
Augustus, a fintech startup, has raised $180 million to integrate stablecoins into a federally chartered bank, aiming to modernize cross-border payments. The Tiger Global-led round values the company at $1 billion.
AZ-Com Maruwa, a logistics firm supplying Amazon Japan, will pay 2,300 partners using the yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC. This marks Japan's first large-scale corporate adoption of stablecoins for payments.
FTX is set to distribute $900 million to creditors as part of its fifth payment round, bringing the total recovered funds to approximately $10 billion since the exchange's bankruptcy filing in 2022. This marks a significant step toward compensating users who lost access to their funds.
Washington views Brazil's promotion of non-dollar payment channels, including Pix and the growth of stablecoins, as a potential threat to dollar-based trade, even as dollar-linked stablecoins account for about 90% of Brazil's crypto transactions.
Visa is developing an internal stablecoin platform that will provide access to OUSD, a stablecoin expected to compete with Circle's USDC. This move could significantly impact the stablecoin market and payment systems.
Visa has introduced the Visa Stablecoin Platform, a new service that lets financial institutions integrate stablecoin payments and treasury operations into Visa's existing network.
The x402 protocol, which enables AI agents to make payments in stablecoins, now has support from Visa, Mastercard, and Ripple. It processed $24 million across 75 million payments last month, showing growing adoption.
JCB, a major Japanese credit card company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Circle to explore using USDC for cross-border treasury operations and merchant payments. This move signals growing interest in regulated stablecoin adoption in Japan.
Backed by Dragonfly, FirstMark and Coinbase Ventures, Velocity has raised $38 million to expand its software that helps businesses integrate stablecoins into treasury and payment workflows.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has chosen firms like Deutsche Bank and Revolut to test a beta version of the digital euro. This pilot will explore online, offline, in-store, and e-commerce payments using the digital currency.
Japan’s largest card network, JCB, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Circle to explore using USDC for cross-border payments and merchant transactions. The partnership could bring stablecoin payments to 40 million merchants as Japan ramps up efforts to integrate stablecoins into everyday commerce.
Hyundai successfully used Tether's USDT stablecoin to settle a treasury transfer between its US and Mexican subsidiaries. This pilot highlights how major companies are exploring stablecoins for faster, cheaper international payments.
SWIFT, the global financial messaging network, has announced its blockchain-based ledger is ready for use. 17 banks will pioneer tokenized cross-border payments on this trusted global infrastructure, aiming to improve speed and efficiency in international transactions.
A 27-firm consortium led by the Genlayer Foundation is developing AI-based systems for payments, escrow, and dispute resolution, specifically designed for AI agents. The goal is to make these systems interoperable across different platforms, including those from OKX, MetaMask, and Matter Labs.
HSBC, UBS, Wells Fargo and Citi are among the 17 banks now preparing to pilot live transactions using tokenized digital assets on Swift’s new blockchain payments platform.
Toss, a popular mobile app in South Korea, is teaming up with blockchain platform Optimism and Sunnyside Labs to test a stablecoin pegged to the Korean won. This could make crypto payments more accessible for everyday transactions in South Korea.
Built on Signal’s open-source technology, Radar Chat combines encrypted messaging with self-custodial Bitcoin payments via Lightning Network.
UK regulators published an update to a national retail payments blueprint, calling for infrastructure support for tokenization and interoperability with new forms of digital money.
J.P. Morgan has added five Asia-Pacific currencies to its Kinexys blockchain platform, allowing institutional clients to settle payments and foreign exchange transactions 24/7. This move highlights the growing adoption of blockchain technology in modernizing cross-border payments.