Yuno and Triple-A Partner to Enable Stablecoin Payment Acceptance
Hey Payments Fanatic!
In an interesting move announced yesterday, Yuno has partnered with Triple-A, a licensed global payment institution, to enable stablecoin payment acceptance for merchants worldwide.
Through a single API that connects more than 1,000 payment methods, PSPs, and fraud solutions, Yuno merchants can seamlessly accept stablecoins alongside traditional payment methods without added operational complexity.
Currently, Triple-A is relied on by over 1,000 enterprise customers worldwide and reaches over 700 million digital currency owners.
The biggest winners could be merchants operating in markets where card penetration is low, FX is expensive, or cross-border payments are still painfully inefficient.
“As stablecoins evolve from an emerging technology into a practical payment method for digital-first businesses and global commerce, demand continues to grow,” said Juan Pablo Ortega, CEO and Founder of Yuno.
Keep scrolling to see what else is shaking up the payments world. 👇 Catch you on Monday!
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NEWS
🇺🇸 Yuno and Triple-A partner to enable stablecoin payment acceptance for global merchants. The partnership embeds Triple-A’s regulated stablecoin infrastructure directly into Yuno, providing merchants with a secure, compliant way to accept digital currencies.
🇭🇰 PhotonPay earns triple recognition from Mastercard. This triple distinction, spanning New Mastercard Product Launch (Physical Card), New Service Launch (MDES Enablement), and New Service Launch (Consulting Services), marks a significant milestone in PhotonPay's evolution from a payment enabler to a comprehensive infrastructure partner for global businesses.
🌍 Mastercard and Yellow Card partner to unlock stablecoin payment innovation across EEMEA. Both companies will work with banks, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies to pilot secure, compliant stablecoin solutions that enhance payment efficiency and reduce costs for businesses and consumers.
🇵🇹 Mastercard establishes Lisbon Centre of Excellence for Innovation, where around 600 specialists are developing AI-driven payment, cybersecurity, and digital commerce solutions. The hub also showcased Portugal’s first live Agent Pay transaction, highlighting Mastercard’s focus on secure and innovative digital payments.
🇸🇪 Klarna CMO builds an AI avatar for employee frustration. Klarna CMO David Sandström created an AI version of himself to collect employee feedback during budget cuts, later inspiring the company to launch an AI chatbot based on CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski for customer feedback and engagement.
🇹🇳 Tunisia launches “TUNPAY” to unify the mobile payment system nationwide. The initiative aims to simplify cashless transactions, improve trust and interoperability, and accelerate digital financial inclusion by introducing a single recognizable payment label for consumers and businesses.
🇬🇧 Five raises $6M to bring palm-based payments to market. London-based, founded by former Revolut alumni Maria Marti and Thibaut Genevrier, has secured $6 million in fresh funding to develop biometric payment technology using palm recognition.
🇺🇸 Plaid has launched Cash Advance Index, a new risk solution designed for cash advance and earned wage access providers. By analyzing user behavior across a broader financial ecosystem instead of relying on a single bank account, the tool aims to improve repayment risk assessment and help providers balance growth, risk, and financial access more effectively.
🇵🇹 Bison Bank launches Portugal’s first stablecoin. Designed for fast, secure, and transparent international payments and transfers, this digital asset will be issued in two crypto assets: one referenced to the Euro, designated ‘EUB’, and the other referenced to the US Dollar, designated ‘USB’.
🌏 Indonesia and China launch cross-border QR payments via Alipay+. At launch, Alipay and UnionPay app users could pay at more than 40 million QRIS merchants in Indonesia, while QRIS-supported wallets and bank apps could scan over 80 million Alipay and UnionPay QR codes in China.
🇬🇧 Pleo integrates expense management with iplicit cloud accounting. Users with access to the integration will be able to extend iplicit's existing expense management capabilities with features such as smart corporate cards, advanced controls, and AI-powered spend optimisation recommendations powered by Pleo.
🇿🇦 Yoco appoints Carsten Höltkemeyer as new CEO as the South African FinTech expands from payments into a broader commerce platform strategy. The company, which serves over 200,000 merchants, plans to combine payments, POS systems, capital, and AI-powered tools into a unified ecosystem for SMEs.
🇺🇸 Stripe has partnered with Amazon Web Services to power AgentCore Payments through Privy, enabling AI agents to autonomously discover services, make micropayments, and transact using USDC on Base and Solana. The new Amazon Bedrock AgentCore capability also integrates x402 and Coinbase to support enterprise-grade governance, compliance, and instant stablecoin settlement.
🇭🇰 Alchemy Pay is developing Alchemy Chain, a stablecoin-powered blockchain designed to simplify global payments, cross-border transfers, and multi-currency transactions. The platform will aggregate major stablecoins and use $ACH as its native gas token to support seamless cross-chain and fiat-crypto payment infrastructure.
🇬🇧 SecondFi and Wirex partner to launch self-custodial card, putting global users in full control of their money. It will enable users to spend directly from their own wallets while retaining full control of their funds at all times. Continue reading
🇺🇸 Mesh and Stellar announce integration to advance stablecoin payment settlement. Through this integration, Mesh and Stellar will deepen alignment across their respective ecosystems, enabling enterprises to access trusted settlement infrastructure while unlocking new opportunities for joint innovation.
🌎 Movement invests in Stableyard to build the end-to-end experience layer of stablecoin payments. Backed by a strategic investment from Movement Labs, the company aims to make stablecoin adoption seamless for merchants as global payment giants like Stripe, PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard expand their stablecoin initiatives.
GOLDEN NUGGET
What Exactly are Agentic Payments? By Noah
AI learned to talk. Now it’s learning to pay.
We’re entering a world where AI agents can:
• negotiate supplier contracts
• compare pricing in real-time
• execute cross-border payments
• settle transactions with stablecoins
• and reconcile everything automatically
…all without human intervention 🤯
McKinsey estimates agentic commerce could orchestrate between $3T and $5T in transactions by 2030.
But there’s a catch: Making an AI agent initiate a payment is one thing.
Actually settling that payment into local fiat currencies, across fragmented local rails and regulatory systems, is the real challenge.
That “last-mile settlement problem” might become one of the most important infrastructure opportunities in fintech over the coming years.
And that’s exactly where companies like Noah come in.
While most people focus on the AI agents themselves, Noah is building the invisible settlement layer underneath the ecosystem:
AI Agent → Stablecoin → Noah → Local Fiat → Recipient
In other words: The agents may get the headlines. But the real value might be in the pipes.
I highly recommend reading this complete deep dive article with more info and stats on this very interesting topic.
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