Payments

CJSOI news covering payments.

Diagram of Arf's RLUSD settlement liquidity on the XRP Ledger: Arf lends RLUSD to a licensed payment firm, the payout settles and the loan is repaid in one to five days, with XRPL vault and lending amendments XLS-65 and XLS-66 as a later phase

RLUSD · Oct 22

Arf Brings RLUSD Settlement Liquidity to Payment Firms on the XRP Ledger

Arf will lend RLUSD on the XRP Ledger to licensed payment companies, repaid in one to five days as payments settle.

Diagram of Visa Direct USDC prefunding: a 24-hour bar compares bank-transfer funding windows with USDC top-ups at any hour, then USDC in, Visa converts, USD balance, payouts to 180+ countries, with Inyo Global as first enabler

Visa · Oct 15

Visa Direct Stablecoin Prefunding Moves to Production With USDC

Visa Direct clients on Inyo Global's platform can now prefund cross-border payouts with USDC in near real time.

Ledger-style diagram of an SAP Pay stablecoin payment: invoice, payment run, USDC for US dollars or EURC for euros, and an end-of-day CAMT.053 statement

Circle · Oct 7

SAP Pay Adds USDC and EURC Through Tereina and Circle

SAP Pay, run by SAP-backed Tereina, can pay invoices in USDC for dollar workflows and EURC for euro ones, with the payment reconciled inside SAP Cloud ERP.

Diagram of Open USD (OUSD), issued by Bridge Building Inc. and created by Open Standard, running on Base, Ethereum, Solana and Tempo, with Tempo marked as Stripe's default, no Bridge fee to mint or redeem, and the Stripe products that support it.

OUSD · Sep 30

Open USD Goes Live as Stripe Makes OUSD on Tempo Its Default Stablecoin

The OUSD stablecoin is issued by Bridge Building Inc. on four networks; Stripe now uses OUSD on Tempo by default across its stablecoin products.

A card payment connected to a merchant fiat payout

Visa · Sep 24

Reap and Visa Plan Stablecoin Cards in 100+ Markets

The collaboration targets a wider geographic rollout; it does not mean every market is already live.

A bank account connected to an onchain balance

SoFi · Sep 22

SoFiUSD Settlement Goes Live on Mastercard

SoFi says transactions are live as it migrates its card program to stablecoin-based settlement.

A key beside owner, recovery and wallet rules

Visa · Jul 17

Visa Opens Its Stablecoin Platform for Beta Testing

Selected clients can test wallet, issuance and transfer workflows, beginning with Open USD.

An invoice progressing to received, matched and settled

Circle · Apr 9

Circle Launches Managed Stablecoin Payments

CPN Managed Payments lets institutions use stablecoin settlement while interacting in conventional currency.

Payoneer · Feb 18

Payoneer Plans Stablecoin Tools With Bridge

Payoneer plans receiving, holding and sending stablecoins, with an initial rollout in the second quarter.

UCP · Jan 12

Google UCP Connects AI Shopping to Merchant Systems

The open commerce protocol covers checkout and order workflows while leaving the retailer in control.

A payment receipt including fees, FX and conversion

Visa · Dec 17

Visa Brings USDC Settlement to U.S. Institutions

Cross River Bank and Lead Bank begin settling with Visa in USDC over Solana.

Visa · Oct 15

Visa Proposes a Way for Merchants to Recognize AI Agents

How Visa's Trusted Agent Protocol lets merchants verify AI shopping agents, and where it is now live.

AP2 · Sep 17

Google AP2 Gives AI Purchases a Signed Paper Trail

Google's Agent Payments Protocol records what a shopper authorized an AI agent to buy.