
Bank of North Dakota is the first live user of Fiserv's stablecoin infrastructure, and the coin moves money between North Dakota banks, not consumers. The release gives no volumes.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 4, 2026

About 17% of stablecoin-linked card volume at Visa sits in business and commercial programs. The number is real, but it measures cards funded with stablecoins, not companies settling invoices on-chain.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 3, 2026

The release describes testing, not production: no bank is named as live and no launch date is given for the USDC workflows.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 30, 2026

Citi becomes bank of record for Coinbase virtual accounts and for stablecoin acceptance at checkout, though the release offers no client names, volumes or fees.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 29, 2026

Socure has put its identity and fraud checks at the Arc Onramp, where users convert fiat into USDC inside apps on Circle's network. It already serves four of the five largest US crypto exchanges.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 29, 2026

Capgemini expects stablecoins, tokenized deposits and CBDCs to carry about 4% of global payments volume by 2030. It puts roughly $230 billion of bank payments revenue at stake.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 27, 2026

Binance owns a slice of the company whose stablecoin it has agreed to promote for five years. The equity matters less than the distribution, and the distribution is aimed squarely at Tether's home turf.
Marvin Evans·September 23, 2026

SoFi Bank has put its entire card book onto a stablecoin it issues itself. The harder step, persuading outside merchants to settle in that token, has not started.
Marvin Evans·September 23, 2026

Figment is offering to run Arc validator infrastructure for institutions that want a seat on Circle's network without building it themselves. It has been a validator on Arc since testnet.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 23, 2026

Payward, Kraken's parent, will join the SoFi Exchange Network for round-the-clock institutional USD clearing and settlement, linking a US bank's rails to a major crypto exchange.
Marvin Evans·September 4, 2026

Revolut Bank US still needs FDIC deposit insurance and a Federal Reserve master account before it can open, but conditional OCC approval puts it ahead of Wise and bunq.
Marvin Evans·September 3, 2026

Global fintech funding rose 22.7% to $28.6 billion in the first half of 2026, but only 1,605 rounds closed, down 25.7%. Investors are writing fewer, larger cheques.
Marvin Evans·September 3, 2026