#StripeStablecoinAccounts

Stripe Brings Stablecoin Accounts to More Than 100 Countries

Stripe is launching stablecoin-funded accounts in over 100 countries, allowing merchants to hold funds and pay vendors internationally using Circle's USDC and Stripe's USDB stablecoins.

The new offering aims to facilitate cross-border transactions between businesses, regardless of location, and supports balances in British pounds, euros, and US dollars, doubling Stripe's global footprint.

Stripe is also launching an AI tool to enable developers to embed AI agents that can make purchases on users' behalf, and is partnering with Visa to offer AI-powered payments.

Stripe Inc. is launching stablecoin-funded accounts in more than 100 countries, allowing merchants to hold funds and pay vendors internationally. The accounts will use Circle Internet Group Inc.’s dollar-tracking token USDC as well as the USDB stablecoin issued by Stripe’s recently-acquired Bridge unit.

Stripe, which is known for helping online businesses accept payments, is moving toward becoming its own financial ecosystem where companies can easily pay each other within its network.

The new offering marks the latest effort by a financial-technology company to incorporate stablecoins — cryptocurrencies that typically track the dollar or another currency — as a form of payment in business transactions, rather than being used solely by traders in crypto markets. Stripe’s acquisition of stablecoin-orchestration platform Bridge last year for $1.1 billion marked a high point in this emerging trend.