Stablecoin settlement outpaces card rails in two remittance corridors
Payment processors report that dollar-token settlement now clears more value than cards on select Latin American routes.
Emeka Okafor · Aug 13, 2026, 08:05 AM UTC
Stablecoins
Payment rails, reserves and tokenised money.
Stablecoin issuers move reserve attestations to a shorter cycle
Two of the largest dollar-token issuers will publish monthly rather than quarterly, with daily composition snapshots.
Tomás Ferreira · Aug 12, 2026, 03:30 PM UTC
Banks pilot tokenised deposits as stablecoin competition intensifies
Four institutions are testing programmable settlement inside existing deposit liabilities rather than issuing tokens outright.
Tomás Ferreira · Aug 9, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC
Euro stablecoin supply grows from a small base as venues add pairs
Regulated euro tokens remain a rounding error against dollar supply, but on-venue liquidity is improving.
Tomás Ferreira · Aug 7, 2026, 02:20 PM UTC
Payment processors add on-chain refund and dispute tooling
Merchants adopting stablecoin settlement have been asking for the one thing card rails already gave them.
Tomás Ferreira · Aug 5, 2026, 09:10 AM UTC