Original sourceonlinestorenews.com
Summary
Stripe, through its Bridge infrastructure, has begun settling merchant payouts in USDC and USDT across more than 100 countries. This is back-end settlement rather than consumer-facing crypto checkout, speeding payouts and reducing FX and wire delays, especially in regions with slower local payment…
Key points
- For cross-border e-commerce and finance teams, explains the practical trade-offs of stablecoin payouts in settlement speed and accounting treatment.
- A major payment firm moving merchant payouts to stablecoin rails will change cross-border e-commerce cash flow timing and financial disclosure.
- Cross-border merchants can shorten receipt times and reduce FX losses, but must establish accounting, tax, and depeg risk controls for stablecoin balances.
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