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Project Guardian: Interoperability From Tokenised Bank Liabilities Could Save Firms $50bn in FX Fees

The Fintech Times

Project Guardian, run by the Monetary Authority of Singapore , is a global collaboration between policymakers and key industry players to enhance liquidity and efficiency of financial markets through asset tokenisation. Tokenised bank liabilities and shared ledgers tackle these challenges directly.

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StraitsX Teams Up With Ripple to Launch XSGD Stablecoin on XRP Ledger

Fintech News

StraitsX has launched its Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin, XSGD, on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), marking a new phase in its collaboration with Ripple to support real-time digital payments across Asia. XSGD is a stablecoin regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and backed 1:1 by reserves held with DBS Bank and Standard Chartered.

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Trojan Stablecoin: What Circle’s NYSE Listing Really Signals

Finextra

A stablecoin issuer, once niche and volatile by association, had now joined the ranks of America’s oldest financial institutions. From Disruption to Integration Circle, the issuer of USDC, has long positioned itself as the “compliant” stablecoin: fully reserved, dollar-backed, regulated in the U.S. Circle’s IPO was not an endpoint.

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GENIUS Act Clears the Way for Stablecoin-Powered Embedded Finance

Finextra

Location Joburg Followers 5 Opinions 23 Follow Unfollow For years, stablecoins existed in a regulatory grey zone – popular as “digital cash” but lacking official oversight. policymakers have sketched out the first federal framework for payment stablecoins. This means the “stable” in stablecoin is now legally enforceable.

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Stablecoins, smart contracts and the rise of more intelligent cash

Finextra

Stablecoins can settle in seconds, smart contracts can execute “if-this-then-that” logic without humans in the loop and tokenised assets can move 24/7 across jurisdictions. No, it won’t replace every system but it is rapidly becoming the preferred foundation for anything that needs to be fast, transparent and interoperable.

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Standard Chartered Set to Support Reserve Management of StraitsX Stablecoins in Singapore and US

The Fintech Times

Singapore-based digital payment infrastructure provider and stablecoin issuer, StraitsX , is teaming up with Standard Chartered to enhance the reserve management of its stablecoins. The post Standard Chartered Set to Support Reserve Management of StraitsX Stablecoins in Singapore and US appeared first on The Fintech Times.

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Strategic agreement between EPI and EuroPA: building a unified European digital payments network

Finextra

These solutions are already widely adopted and focus on enabling technical interoperability between existing mobile wallets, offering fast and integrated payment experiences within their local banking ecosystems. Wero, in contrast, offers a unified architecture, designed for full interoperability and scale across Europe.