SoFi and Mastercard collaborate to support the settlement of SoFiUSD stablecoin on the global payment network

BlockBeats news, March 3 — SoFi, the first nationwide licensed bank in the United States offering Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading, announced plans to provide SoFiUSD as a settlement currency through Mastercard's global payment network. SoFi's technology platform Galileo is expected to be among the first to offer SoFiUSD settlement transaction options for its payment card customers and their issuing banks.

Mastercard and SoFi also stated that they will explore more interoperability applications across stablecoins, fiat currencies, and tokenized assets, including programmable treasury applications and new payment and fund flow scenarios, subject to regulatory considerations.