Deel Is Partnering with Noah to Power Stablecoin Payments

Hey Payments Fanatic!

The Deel and Noah partnership is exactly what stablecoin believers have been waiting for: proof that the technology is moving from concept to core infrastructure.

Through Noah, Deel's workers receive payroll directly into named virtual accounts, where funds are converted into stablecoins and settled straight to their self-custodial wallets. 

The really interesting shift here is that Deel is now building both sides of the flow: On one hand, employers can fund payroll in stablecoins, and on the other, employees can receive salaries in stablecoins. BVNK powers those salary payouts.

That says a lot about where global work is heading, especially in emerging markets, remote teams, and for global contractors.

We're slowly moving toward a world where payroll settles in minutes instead of days, FX friction becomes a relic, and global hiring gets meaningfully easier. 

And perhaps the biggest takeaway: stablecoins are entering the market through real business workflows, not speculation. Payroll might just be one of the biggest adoption drivers of all.

Everything else shaking up the industry today is just one scroll away.👇 See you tomorrow!

Cheers,

Marcel

INSIGHTS

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And it makes sense👇

NEWS

🇺🇸 Deel has launched stablecoin salary payouts and created a dedicated crypto division led by Thierry Edde, allowing employers and workers to send and receive salaries in stablecoins within a single compliance system powered by BVNK. The move reflects a broader trend toward stablecoins becoming part of everyday business infrastructure, alongside platforms such as Noah and MoonPay.

🇲🇽 World Legend Mastercard™ arrives in the Mexican market. The card is part of The Mastercard Collection and includes exclusive travel, dining, entertainment, airport, and lifestyle benefits designed for consumers seeking premium experiences and global access.

🇪🇬 Mastercard has collaborated with Commercial International Bank to support digital payments innovation. By leveraging its advanced technologies, global network, and advisory expertise, Mastercard will support CIB’s offering, strengthening digital payments while enhancing efficiency and access to advanced payment solutions.

🇳🇱 Mollie’s net revenue growth accelerates to 29% in 2025. The company expanded into 12 new markets, increased funding through Mollie Capital, and launched business banking services as part of its strategy to become a full-service financial platform for businesses across Europe.

🇦🇪 Tabby launches school-fee payment plans for UAE families. Tabby has entered the UAE education payments market through a partnership with Zenda, allowing parents to spread tuition, transport, extracurricular activities, and other school-related costs for up to 12 months.

🇧🇷 PPRO partners with Nubank to enable NuPay, unlocking access to Brazil’s digital banking ecosystem. NuPay is a payment method exclusively available to Nubank customers, enabling seamless authorisation through a single click or biometric scan directly within the institution’s secure app environment.

🇺🇸 Primer raises $100M Series C. Funds will be used to accelerate Primer's investment in AI for payments and finance teams and to drive its expansion in the US, where it plans to grow revenue to more than a third of total revenue by 2028. Read more

🇺🇸 Zerohash pursues new funding at more than $1.5 billion valuation after Mastercard drops investment plans after acquiring BVNK. Zerohash is said to be raising a new funding round at an even higher valuation. Continue reading

🇺🇸 Plaid has launched Plaid Guaranteed Payments. The product is designed to help businesses provide faster funding, repayments, and service delivery while reducing payment failure risk, with Plaid covering eligible losses and handling recovery processes.

🇺🇸 Stablecoin infrastructure startup Checker raises $8 million from Galaxy Ventures and others. With the new funding, Checker plans to help institutions reduce reliance on traditional correspondent banking. The startup also plans to build embedded borrowing and lending tools.

🇺🇿 EDB extends $70m loan to Uzum to support the Uzbek FinTech sector. The funding will help scale Uzum’s digital payments, consumer finance, and SME financial products, and will also mark the bank’s first investment in Uzbekistan since the country joined the institution.

🇰🇷 Tether could be gearing up for the Korean market entry, covering its corporate brand, stablecoin products, AI platform QVAC, and related logos, signaling preparations for a more formal market presence. The filings build on earlier trademark applications linked to won-backed stablecoin initiatives and other Tether products currently under regulatory review.

🇺🇸 MoneyGram is joining Tempo as its first remittance validator and settlement partner. On settlement, MoneyGram, Tempo, and Stripe plan to bring stablecoin settlement into live flows, with Stripe to settle to MoneyGram through Tempo using on-chain infrastructure. This will enable more efficient treasury operations across MoneyGram’s global footprint.

🌍 Pan-European stablecoin Qivalis's effort expands to 37 lenders in a push back against U.S. dollar dominance. Qivalis, a stablecoin initiative backed by a group of European banks, aims to issue a stablecoin later this year to deepen the euro's role in tokenized finance.

GOLDEN NUGGET

𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲. 👇 Created by Arthur Bedel 💳 ♻️

Stripe, Tempo, and Visa just launched the 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥, a major structural shift. Until now, every payment system on Earth was designed with a human at the center. Even when automated, there was always a person authorizing, reviewing, or deciding. The MPP eliminates that assumption entirely.

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝:

AI agents can now 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲; without human intervention.

Imagine:

→ An AI agent negotiating and paying for cloud infrastructure in real-time based on demand.

→ Autonomous systems transacting directly with autonomous systems globally, in fiat or crypto, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭.

→ Agents managing liquidity, settling accounts, and optimizing costs.

This isn't theoretical. It's live.

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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐰? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦?

As AI agents become economically productive, they need a payment infrastructure built for their speed and scale, not adapted from human-centric systems.

The MPP solves for this by creating a standardized, internet-native framework where machines transact with the fluidity of APIs.

Stripe understands payment flow.

Tempo understands AI economics.

Visa understands rails & innovation.

Together, they've created something that didn't exist: 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:

𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. If an agent can pay directly via open protocol, intermediaries that only add friction become optional, not essential.

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐬. No batching, no business hours, no waiting for ACH windows. Machines don't sleep.

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲. A software service can now be priced and sold to agents at any scale, down to sub-cent transactions, because transaction cost approaches zero.

𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞. Traditional fraud

detection is built on human behavior. Agentic behavior is predictable at scale, which means new underwriting becomes possible.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭

This is the payments industry admitting that the agent economy is infrastructure-ready.

We've moved from:

Connectivity → Intelligence → 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲.

The orchestrators that win won't be those offering the most integrations. They'll be those that understand agentic behavior deeply enough to route value with intent, at scale, across borders, in milliseconds.

The protocol is open. The race for 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 is live.

Source: Stripe

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