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Yuno and Coinbase Bring One-Click Stablecoin Checkout to Global Merchants

Yuno Integrates Coinbase Stablecoin Payments

Hey Payments Fanatic!

Stablecoins are getting another step closer to the checkout.

Yuno has partnered with Coinbase to bring Coinbase Payments Acceptance directly into its payment orchestration platform, meaning merchants can now offer one-click stablecoin checkout without any additional development work.

That’s the part that caught my attention. Merchants don't have to build a new crypto payment flow or change their existing Yuno integration. Stablecoins simply become another payment option alongside cards, bank transfers, and local methods.

And the potential market is getting pretty hard to ignore. Stablecoin transaction volume reached $10.2 trillion over the last 12 months, up 63% year over year.

For merchants, this could be particularly interesting in cross-border commerce, travel, gaming, and digital goods, where customers may already hold stablecoins and want a faster way to pay.

Yuno is also going pretty big on the infrastructure side: it connects to 1,000+ payment methods and 460+ integrations across 190+ countries. Now Coinbase's stablecoin acceptance becomes part of that stack.

It feels like another sign that the stablecoin question is shifting from “will people use them to pay?” to “how easily can merchants accept them?”

Here’s what else is happening in payments today👇

See you tomorrow!

Cheers,

Marcel

INSIGHTS

💡 Visa and Mastercard are now worth more than $1.1 trillion combined. And Stripe? It’s already the world’s fifth most valuable payments company at $159B. The interesting bit is that Stripe also has the highest revenue multiple on the list, at 23x. Multiples’ comparison of the biggest payments companies gives a quick look at how differently the market is valuing these payments giants. 👇

NEWS

🌎 Klarna deepens its partnership with Wayfair across the U.S. and Canada, bringing always-on 0% APR financing for up to six months to eligible U.S. shoppers. In Canada, Wayfair customers gain access to Klarna's full suite of flexible payment options for the first time.

🌍 Mastercard and Tamatem team up to simplify gaming payments in the Middle East and Africa. Mastercard Gateway will power payments for the Tamatem Plus platform in more than 13 markets, starting with Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

🇦🇪 Wio Bank becomes the UAE's first bank to eliminate manual card entry, through Mastercard's Click to Pay. Wio will auto-enable Click to Pay for its Mastercard cards, allowing customers to complete online purchases without manually entering card details.

🇱🇻 Latvijas Banka grants Noah LV SIA crypto-asset and payment licences, bringing both services under one licensed entity. The MiCA licence covers custody, exchange, order execution and transfers, while the payment licence covers payment transactions, credit transfers and standing orders.

🌍 Pliant explores the role of commercial cards in agentic commerce, as AI agents increasingly move from assisting with purchases to executing them. The company looks at how commercial payment infrastructure needs to evolve for agent-led transactions, including questions around authentication, controls and distinguishing AI-initiated payments from human purchases.

🌎 Yuno integrates Coinbase Payments Acceptance for one click stablecoin checkout. Merchants can enable stablecoin checkout through their existing Yuno integration with no additional development required. The integration is complete and available globally, with settlement as fast as same day.

🇪🇺 Getnet simplifies European expansion for merchants, offering payment services in over 30 countries through one integration. Santander's merchant payments platform uses its Single Entry Point to connect merchants with local methods like Bizum and MB WAY. The solution initially supports 20 currencies and payouts to 140 countries.

🌐 Stripe will expand its stablecoin cards to over 100 countries, as Privy's Henri Stern takes charge of crypto. Stern now oversees stablecoins and crypto across Stripe, with Kraken, Ramp and Morse among current customers. According to PaymentScan, stablecoin card spending reached about $1.2 billion last month, tripling in a year.

🇵🇱 BLIK Recurring Payments are now available to mBank customers, with mBank becoming the ninth institution to offer the service. Users can manage subscriptions and recurring bills inside their banking app without sharing card details.

🇬🇧 Wise partners with OakNorth to expand its infrastructure division, with the lender adopting Wise's international payments engine in its SME banking platform. The deal supports a target of 10% of group cross-border volumes for Wise Platform.

🌏 Wise rolls out overseas QR payments and customisable eSIM plans, with Singapore and Malaysia among the first markets globally. The QR service covers more than 50 destinations, and Alipay+ lets eligible travellers pay merchants in mainland China without a Chinese bank card. The eSIM offers regional plans across more than 150 destinations.

🌎 Corpay Cross-Border extends its exclusive partnership with WBSC, continuing as the organization’s Official FX Payments Provider under a new multi-year agreement. Corpay will support WBSC and its global members with cross-border payments and currency risk management, extending a relationship that began in 2022.

🇲🇾 Ryt Bank becomes Malaysia's first digital bank to support Apple Pay, letting cardholders pay in stores, online and in apps. Customers add their Ryt Card through the app, with transactions authenticated through Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode. The bank added Google Pay support in January 2026.

🌍 Vipps MobilePay becomes Vipps across the Nordics, with MobilePay changing its name in Denmark, Finland and Greenland. The move brings close to 13 million Nordic users under one shared brand. MobilePay counts 4.8 million users in Denmark and 3 million in Finland, and the name change takes effect on 12 January.

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