Mastercard announced plans to expand its settlement capabilities to support intraday, weekend, and holiday card settlement using both fiat currencies and regulated stablecoins across its global payments network.
The company said in a Wednesday statement that the rollout includes support for Circle’s USDC, Paxos-issued PYUSD, USDG, and USDP, Ripple’s RLUSD, and SoFi's SoFiUSD, with settlement enabled across multiple blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Base, Arbitrum, Canton, Tempo, and the XRP Ledger.
According to the statement, ARQ (formerly DolarApp), CBW Bank, Cross River, Lead Bank, and Nuvei are expected to be among the first institutions supporting stablecoin settlement optionality in the United States and Latin America. Mastercard said further expansion is planned through 2026.
Mastercard said the expansion allows issuers and acquirers to process transactions outside standard banking schedules while continuing to operate alongside existing settlement processes.
“This approach ensures consistency, scalability, and interoperability across Mastercard’s global ecosystem while preserving existing protections including security standards, fraud safeguards, and dispute processes,” the company wrote in the statement.
