TLDR Ethena launched Ethena Pay, a consumer finance app combining stablecoin savings, card spending, transfers, and fiat onramps. The app offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% cashback on el
Ethena has launched Ethena Pay, a consumer finance app that brings stablecoin savings, payments, transfers, and fiat access into one platform. The product expands Ethena beyond its yield-focused dollar products and gives users a way to manage digital dollars.
The app went live on Apple’s App Store on Tuesday. Ethena said the service offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% cashback on card purchases. ENA, the protocol’s native token, rose about 9% after the announcement while the wider crypto market stayed flat.
Ethena Pay connects savings with daily spending. Users can hold funds, earn rewards, make card purchases, and transfer money without moving assets between several platforms. The app supports free dollar, pound, and euro onramps. It adds local currency access and international bank account numbers linked to self-custodial stablecoin accounts. These features make stablecoins easier to use for financial needs.
Introducing @EthenaPay: the internet money neobank.
→Card spend cashback at 5.0%→Best-in-class 6.0% dollar savings rate→Borderless, free, instant global money transfers→Free global onramps in USD, GBP, EUR and local FX→Multi-currency high-rewards savings accounts in… https://t.co/d76b1Gul4Vpic.twitter.com/1gpw7zS2cZ
— Ethena (@ethena) September 1, 2026
Ethena has expanded its product range during 2026. The protocol previously focused on USDe, a synthetic dollar token with $4 billion in circulation. Its yield model relied mainly on crypto basis trades. Ethena Pay also includes a feature called “Buy Now Pay Never.” The system uses rewards earned on savings to cover purchases while leaving the user’s main balance untouched.
This setup links the app’s savings and payments functions. A user can keep funds in one account, earn returns, and use those rewards for spending without transferring money elsewhere. Earlier this year, Ethena introduced a savings product with Coinbase. That agreement gave Ethena another distribution channel through a crypto exchange with more than 100 million users.
Ethena selected Avalanche as the exclusive settlement network for Ethena Pay. Avalanche will process transfers, payments, money movement, and settlement across the app. The choice expands Ethena’s infrastructure beyond the Ethereum-focused systems that supported its earlier growth. Avalanche will now serve as the core network behind the consumer finance product.
Ethena has limited initial access to 400 users. The project plans to add more users each week as it moves the app out of beta during September. The launch gives Ethena a consumer product combining stablecoin savings with payment tools. The company is positioning Ethena Pay as an “internet money neobank” built around digital dollars and self-custodial accounts.
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