London, United Kingdom, August 25, 2026, Chainwire

OpenPayd is now live on the Circle Payments Network, enabling businesses to make global fiat payments in seconds using stablecoin infrastructure.

OpenPayd, a financial infrastructure provider, said on Tuesday that it has integrated Circle Payments Network (CPN) to bring near-instant cross-border fiat payments to businesses through its universal financial infrastructure.

By integrating CPN into its platform, OpenPayd said businesses can use its stablecoin infrastructure while continuing to send and receive fiat currencies without needing to build or manage blockchain infrastructure themselves. The company said the setup combines the speed of blockchain settlement with the reach of global banking rails. That speed is the practical draw: traditional cross-border fiat payments typically move through chains of correspondent banks, a process that can take one to several business days to settle and often adds intermediaries and costs along the way.

CPN is a coordination layer that connects financial institutions to support cross-border payments using regulated stablecoins such as USDC — the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization — and EURC, Circle’s euro-denominated stablecoin. Circle introduced CPN in April 2025, and participants announced for the network since then have included banks, payment fintechs and digital asset firms. It allows participants to coordinate settlement and payment flows across existing financial infrastructure, including local payment systems and banking rails. The network is operated by Circle Technology Services, LLC, an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL).

According to the announcement, the capability is already being used across global payment corridors. For example, payments from euros to Brazilian real and pound sterling to Mexican pesos can now settle near-instantly, showing how businesses can move fiat across international markets using stablecoin infrastructure behind the scenes. The launch also lands as institutional stablecoin payments gain ground: total stablecoin circulation surpassed $200 billion in late 2024, and the United States enacted the GENIUS Act in July 2025 to establish a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.

Irfan Ganchi, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Payments at Circle, said: “OpenPayd’s integration with Circle Payments Network extends cross-border payment capabilities to businesses through a single API connection, enabling near-instant fiat settlement across global corridors using stablecoin infrastructure behind the scenes. By connecting to CPN, OpenPayd removes the complexity of managing multiple payment technologies, allowing businesses to transact in the fiat currencies they need while benefiting from the speed of stablecoin settlement.”

Michael Treacy, Director of Business Development at OpenPayd, said: “Our integration with Circle Payments Network is about making next-generation payments practical for businesses. With today’s launch, we’re delivering exactly that. Clients can now access the speed and efficiency of stablecoin infrastructure while continuing to make global payments in the fiat currencies they already use. When money becomes fully programmable and moves like software, it opens a tremendous opportunity to grow the digital economy. By combining the Circle Payments Network with OpenPayd’s universal financial infrastructure, we’re giving businesses access to faster global payments today while building the foundations for the financial services of tomorrow.”

OpenPayd said the launch strengthens its mission to build universal financial infrastructure for the digital economy. Through a single integration, businesses can access domestic payment rails, international banking networks and stablecoin infrastructure, which the company said enables faster and more efficient global money movement without the complexity of managing multiple providers or payment technologies.

About Circle Payments Network

Circle Technology Services, LLC (CTS) is the operator of Circle Payments Network (CPN) and offers products and services to financial institutions that participate in CPN to facilitate their access and integration. CPN connects participating financial institutions around the world, with CTS serving as the technology service provider to those institutions. CTS said it does not hold funds or manage accounts on behalf of customers, but enables the global ecosystem of participating financial institutions to connect directly with each other, communicate securely and settle directly with each other. CTS is not a party to transactions between participating financial institutions facilitated by CPN, and participants use CPN to execute transactions at their own risk. Use of CPN is subject to the CPN Rules and the CPN Participation Agreement between CTS and a participating financial institution.

About OpenPayd

OpenPayd said it is building the universal financial infrastructure for the digital economy. Founded in 2018 by Dr. Ozan Ozerk, the company’s rails-agnostic platform enables businesses to move and manage money globally across fiat and digital assets through a single API. OpenPayd provides embedded accounts, FX, domestic and international payments, Open Banking and stablecoin on/off ramps, delivering interoperability between traditional finance and digital assets. With one of the most comprehensive banking networks in the market, OpenPayd said it enables real-time money movement everywhere.

The company said it is trusted by global brands including eToro, Kraken, OKX and B2C2, and processes more than $280 billion in annual volumes for over 1,200 businesses. OpenPayd described itself as the infrastructure layer powering the next generation of financial services.

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