Payments company Stripe and stablecoin-focused firm Plasma are partnering to expand multi-currency stablecoin-backed payment cards, enabling businesses and internationally mobile consumers to spend in a wider range of currencies while potentially reducing unnecessary currency conversions and foreign exchange costs.

Under the arrangement, Plasma will serve as a design partner as Stripe extends its stablecoin card infrastructure to additional fiat currencies, digital assets and markets. The initiative is intended to make cross-border spending more convenient by allowing cardholders to pay with the currencies they already hold, rather than converting their balances into US dollars before making purchases.

The expanded infrastructure will support five fiat currencies alongside stablecoin options, with availability in more than 30 countries and plans to extend coverage to over 100 countries in 2027.

Plasma, which operates a blockchain purpose-built for stablecoin payments, is developing a financial account designed for people whose personal finances, assets and businesses span multiple countries. Everyday spending is the company's initial focus, and its collaboration with Stripe is expected to help shape a card experience tailored to customers managing money across borders.

Paul Faecks, chief executive of Plasma, said the partnership would allow the company to build payment cards around the financial habits of internationally mobile customers, with the goal of making spending abroad more similar to domestic transactions.

Five currencies and broader stablecoin support

Stripe's expanded stablecoin card infrastructure will support the US dollar, Brazilian real, euro, Mexican peso and Colombian peso. The stablecoin offering will include OUSD alongside eligible stablecoins described as compliant with the requirements of the US GENIUS Act, the federal framework that sets standards for reserve backing and issuer oversight of payment stablecoins in the United States.

The broader currency selection is intended to address a limitation in payment products that rely heavily on dollar-denominated balances. Customers who hold money in other currencies may otherwise face additional conversion steps when making purchases in different markets.

For example, a cardholder with a euro balance could spend directly in euros instead of converting the funds into US dollars before completing a transaction. The same principle could help businesses operating in several countries issue cards in currencies that better match their local expenses.

Reducing unnecessary conversions could lower foreign exchange costs, although actual savings will depend on card terms, transaction routes and applicable conversion fees.

The infrastructure is also designed to let businesses launch multi-currency card programs without building their own underlying payment and digital asset systems. Stripe will provide the card infrastructure, while Plasma will contribute its understanding of the needs of customers managing finances across multiple jurisdictions.

Stablecoin payments move beyond dollar-focused products

Stablecoins enable users to hold and transfer digital assets designed to maintain a relatively stable value, commonly by tracking a traditional currency. Their growing use in international transfers and digital commerce has fueled interest in payment products that connect blockchain-based balances with established card networks.

Henri Stern, head of Stripe Crypto and co-founder and chief executive of Privy, said stablecoins already support global money transfers and that the collaboration with Plasma was intended to extend similar flexibility to everyday spending.

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The announcement builds on Stripe's broader push into stablecoin infrastructure, which included the acquisitions of stablecoin platform Bridge and crypto wallet developer Privy completed in 2025, as well as support for merchants accepting stablecoin payments. By connecting stablecoin infrastructure with multi-currency card programs, Stripe aims to give businesses a way to offer international payment services without independently building the underlying currency, blockchain and card capabilities.

For Stripe, the expansion broadens the payment products available to businesses serving international customers. The platform can support card programs across more currencies and markets, potentially helping companies accommodate customers whose income, savings and spending are distributed across different countries.

For Plasma, the partnership provides access to established card infrastructure as it develops its financial account proposition. The arrangement allows the company to concentrate on the customer experience while relying on Stripe for key payment capabilities.

Automatic currency selection remains a future goal

The companies described the current expansion as an initial step toward a more comprehensive multi-currency payment experience. Their longer-term objective is to enable cardholders to spend from multiple balances, with the appropriate currency selected automatically when a purchase occurs.

Such functionality could simplify payments for users holding several currencies and reduce the need to manage separate conversion decisions before transactions. However, the companies have not disclosed a timeline for introducing automatic balance selection.

The planned expansion to more than 100 countries in 2027 also signals an ambition to make the card infrastructure available to a substantially larger international audience. Reaching that target will depend on market rollout, local requirements and the availability of supported payment services. Until then, the pace of new market launches and any disclosed timeline for automatic balance selection will offer the clearest indication of how the multi-currency card experience takes shape.

The partnership reflects a broader effort to integrate stablecoins into familiar financial products rather than limiting their use to digital asset transfers. If adoption grows, multi-currency stablecoin cards could give consumers and businesses another way to manage international spending while maintaining access to established payment networks.