Mastercard and BVNK Launch One Account for Fiat and Stablecoins
Mastercard has launched the Global Money Platform, a system that lets businesses hold fiat currency and stablecoins in the same account. It is the first major product to come out of Mastercar
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October 16, 2026
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Mastercard has launched the Global Money Platform, a system that lets businesses hold fiat currency and stablecoins in the same account.
It is the first major product to come out of Mastercard’s roughly $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure company. Mastercard completed the deal in August.
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