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Stablecoins are reshaping how money moves across borders and balance sheets 🌍💸 Faster, cheaper, and more transparent, they are creating new opportunities for banks, fintechs, merchants, and corporates. This raises an important question: how should we approach stablecoins? a. Embrace them wholeheartedly 💪 b. Avoid them completely ❌ c. Ignore them and hope they go away 🤷 To help navigate this evolving space, The Paypers’ Global Stablecoins Report 2026 dives into: • Stablecoin fundamentals and ecosystem overview 📘 • Cross-border and B2B payments 🌐 • Operational and regulatory insights ⚖️ • Emerging technologies and orchestration 🤖 • Strategic opportunities for banks, merchants, and PSPs 🚀 A big thank you to our contributors: @B2C2Group, CageChain Media Group, LLC, Cybrid, EY-Parthenon, @ingenico and @WalletConnect, @MetaCompHQ, @neirajones, @OpenPayd, @withpersona, @RapydGlobal, SG-FORGE, Triple-A, @Unlimit_com, @volantetech, and @WorldlineGlobal🙏 Discover the latest stablecoin trends and insights to make informed decisions. Download your copy now! 📥 buff.ly/JUHpUNO

5/ The window to shape the Wero ecosystem (not just join it) is open until roughly 2027. After that, the landscape will be defined by those who moved first. Is your institution already planning its Wero strategy? Full webinar recap 👉 buff.ly/mx5Zphb

4/ The three biggest barriers holding institutions back? Unclear ROI, internal IT priorities & uncertainty about scheme rules. But panellists from BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank & ABN AMRO all said the same thing: technical build takes 12–15 months. The clock is already running.

Europe's payments sovereignty push is moving from policy to reality — and Wero is at the centre of it. Here's what banks, merchants, and fintechs need to know right now. 👇

US-based @ncratleos announced the expansion of its Cashzone ATM network into Colombia, marking the company's entry into Latin America.

.@Alipay has introduced a full-stack AI payment solution alongside two new services, AI Wallet and Token Pay, to support agentic commerce.

.@QNBGroup and @Mastercard are working with the @sycbgov to lay the groundwork for international card payments — covering POS, ecommerce, and SoftPOS.

5/ From business banking being rebuilt by fintechs, to payments becoming instruments of geopolitical power, the industry isn't simply evolving, it's being rebuilt technologically, structurally, and geopolitically. Read the full article here: buff.ly/ZOzGvBf

4/ While other regions debate crypto regulation, Europe has already implemented it. MiCA and AMLA aren't just compliance frameworks, they're becoming competitive differentiators for institutional digital asset adoption.

🧵 Money20/20 Europe 2026 is coming (2–4 June, Amsterdam) — and this year's agenda reads less like a conference schedule and more like a reality check for the entire financial industry.

@paoloardoino that's just impressive 🥳

Tether ❤️ Georgia 🇬🇪

Unexpected $2,000 car repair? @Klarna 🤝 @tekioncorp want to make that less painful. The two have integrated Klarna's instalment payments into Tekion's dealership platform across the US, giving customers a fixed repayment schedule right at the service counter.

From airport lounges to corner branches, @FirstBankngr 🤝 @Visa are going after every Nigerian cardholder at once. A premium Visa Signature Card for international spenders + an instant-issue Naira Debit Card for mass-market access. Smart two-tier play in West Africa's biggest economy.

Slovakia's finby (formerly TrustPay) secured a financial institution licence in Malta, adding another regulated EU foothold to its cross-border payments network.

.@blockchain has filed confidentially for a US IPO. A two-to-three-month regulatory review follows. Timing and structure undisclosed.

From niche crypto tool to boardroom agenda item. 📊 @EY_Parthenon's Prashant Kher explains how cost savings, faster settlement, and regulatory clarity are pushing stablecoins into enterprise transformation roadmaps in 2026. Read more 👉 buff.ly/kuiIqpd

.@Finqware has launched FinqData ▶️ an Open Banking API delivering cleansed, standardised multibank data across 150+ institutions in 20 European countries. 🗨️ Read more: buff.ly/uFjRqKk