Swiss CHFD Stablecoin Sandbox Starts Testing With SIX and TWINT
Nine Swiss financial companies are testing CHFD for programmable payments and tokenized settlement, with the pilot scheduled to run through 2026.
Category: Payments Infrastructure
Visa Links Settlement Data to Onchain Credit for Stablecoin Card Programs
Visa is combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain-based lending to support working-capital financing for stablecoin-linked card programs.
Mastercard and Borderless Test Shared Compliance Signals for Stablecoin Payments
Mastercard and Borderless.xyz are piloting reusable assurance signals for cross-border stablecoin payments, with three providers named as participants.
Mantle Adds Native USDG and Joins Global Dollar Network
Paxos-issued USDG is now natively minted on Mantle, adding a regulated dollar settlement asset and bringing the network into GDN’s reward-sharing model.
Bybit Pay Joins Mesh Network for Direct Crypto Payments
Bybit Pay is now available through Mesh, letting supported platforms add payments funded directly from users’ Bybit balances.
Payward and SoFi Link Stablecoin, Banking and 24/7 Settlement Services
Payward and SoFi have announced a partnership covering SoFiUSD on Kraken, real-time dollar settlement and Kraken Prime execution services.
ECB Draws Digital Euro Privacy Boundary Around Banks
The ECB says it would not be able to identify digital euro payers or recipients, while banks would retain the data needed for anti-money-laundering checks.
21 Financial Institutions Commit to 2027 Dollar Stablecoin Plan
A group spanning banks and asset managers plans to form a new company in 2026 and target a US dollar stablecoin launch in the first half of 2027.
FSI Finds Group-Level Gap in Stablecoin Issuer Rules
A Financial Stability Institute comparison finds major differences in what stablecoin issuers may do and a shared gap in oversight beyond the issuing entity.
ECB’s Schnabel Backs On-Chain Central Bank Money as Pontes Nears Launch
Isabel Schnabel argued that central bank reserves should become native programmable assets as the Eurosystem prepares to launch Pontes in September.
Bybit Payments Gains Austrian E-Money Licence
Bybit Payments now has an Austrian regulatory basis for e-money and payment services, but product launches and rollout dates remain pending.
Cloudflare Opens Wallet Handles, Plans Stablecoin Agent Payments
Cloudflare has opened wallet-handle registration while outlining programmable stablecoin wallets with delegated controls for AI agents.