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Stripe has launched Stablecoin Financial Accounts in 101 countries, supporting USDC and USDB.
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The feature allows businesses to hold, receive, and send stablecoins alongside fiat currencies.
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The launch follows Stripe’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Bridge, the largest crypto M&A deal to date.
Stripe, one of the world’s leading payments technology firms, has introduced a new financial product that allows businesses to hold and manage funds in U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins.
The feature, called Stablecoin Financial Accounts, is designed to expand Stripe’s services across fiat and crypto rails, offering global businesses a new way to manage cross-border transactions and inflation risk.
According to the company’s announcement, the new accounts support balances in USDC and USDB (issued by Bridge) and are currently available in 101 countries.
Stripe said the feature is aimed particularly at entrepreneurs and small businesses operating in economies with volatile currencies, giving them the ability to hedge against inflation and participate more easily in the global economy.
The product launch comes shortly after Stripe finalized its $1.1 billion acquisition of Bridge, a stablecoin platform.
That deal, first disclosed in October and completed three months ago, is the largest crypto-related acquisition on record.
“These accounts will allow entrepreneurs in countries with volatile currencies to hedge against inflation and more easily access the global economy,” Stripe noted. “Many of the world’s largest companies are turning to Stripe to help assemble their stablecoin strategies.”
The company also unveiled a Payments Foundation Model, described as the first AI model of its kind for the payments industry. Trained on tens of billions of transactions, the model is expected to improve fraud detection and authorization rates by identifying subtle behavioral patterns beyond the capabilities of traditional systems.
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison framed the developments as part of a larger shift in financial infrastructure. “There are not one, but two, gale-force tailwinds, well off the Beaufort scale, dramatically reshaping the economic landscape around us: AI and stablecoins,” he said.
