Mastercard Expands Settlement Infrastructure for Stablecoin Payments

Mastercard is making significant strides in its digital asset strategy by expanding its global settlement infrastructure to support stablecoin payments. The company aims to provide issuers and acquirers with more flexibility in managing liquidity and settling transactions beyond traditional banking hours.

The upgrades will enable on-chain settlement using regulated digital assets across multiple blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Base, Arbitrum, XRPL, Canton, and Tempo. This move is expected to enhance the efficiency of cross-border payments, treasury management, and business payouts.

Mastercard has partnered with leading stablecoin issuers, including Circle, Paxos, and Ripple, to support a range of regulated digital assets such as USDC, $PYUSD, $USDG, USDP, $RLUSD, and SoFiUSD. The company plans to support these assets across various blockchain networks.