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With MiCA about to take full effect, WasabiCard is strengthening its global compliance strategy and empowering a new era of stablecoin payments for businesses.
According to ChainCatcher, with the EU's Crypto Asset Market Regulation (MiCA) set to fully take effect on July 1, 2026, the European digital asset market is entering a new era of unified regulation. As the global regulatory system becomes increasingly sophisticated, stablecoin payments are evolving from a focus on "simply pursuing efficiency" to a focus on "compliance, transparency, and trustworthiness," and are rapidly becoming a core infrastructure for enterprise-level payments. As an enterprise-level stablecoin payment infrastructure provider, WasabiCard consistently adheres to a "compliance-first" development philosophy. By continuously strengthening its core risk control capabilities, including AML (Anti-Money Laundering), KYC (Know Your Customer), and KYB (Know Your Business), WasabiCard is committed to building a secure, transparent, and sustainable global payment foundation. With stablecoins rapidly penetrating core business scenarios such as corporate treasury management, cross-border payments, and B2B settlements, compliance capabilities have become the primary consideration for enterprises when choosing payment channels. In the future, WasabiCard will leverage its core capabilities of "global card issuance, stablecoin payments, global remittances and fund distribution" to deeply integrate its robust compliance system with business scenarios, helping global enterprises confidently navigate the evolving regulatory environment and comprehensively enhance the security and compliance efficiency of their global operations.
Visa, M-Pesa, and Onafriq launch stablecoin cross-border transfer pilot in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Odaily Odaily reports that Visa, M-Pesa, and Onafriq have launched a pilot project in the Democratic Republic of Congo to settle cross-border mobile transactions using a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. The pilot targets scenarios such as cross-border mobile wallet top-ups, international business transactions, and remittances. The World Bank estimates that the average cost of cross-border remittances in sub-Saharan Africa is close to 8% of the transfer amount. Visa had previously partnered with the African cryptocurrency exchange Yellow Card to explore stablecoin fund management and international settlement. (Bitcoin.com News)
KT, a South Korean telecommunications company, plans to invest 18 trillion won to advance its Token Factory and stablecoin businesses.
According to a report by Digital Daily, South Korean telecom operator KT announced that it will invest approximately 18 trillion won over the next three years, with 12 trillion won allocated to information security, IT, and networks, and 6 trillion won to AI infrastructure, while also advancing its Token Factory and stablecoin businesses. KT plans to combine its 1GW-scale AI data center, token optimization engine, and billing and settlement capabilities to create a Token Factory that supports token generation, intermediation, and billing. Simultaneously, it intends to enter the stablecoin digital financial platform market, leveraging K Bank's 16 million customers, BC Card's 3.5 million merchants, and KT's network and security infrastructure to cover the entire ecosystem from issuance and custody to settlement and actual use.
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