{"id":77949,"date":"2026-09-09T21:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/circle-targets-25b-payments-flow-for-usdc-with-400m-tazapay-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T21:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:31:37","slug":"circle-targets-25b-payments-flow-for-usdc-with-400m-tazapay-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/circle-targets-25b-payments-flow-for-usdc-with-400m-tazapay-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle Targets $25B Payments Flow for USDC With $400M Tazapay Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Circle agreed to buy Tazapay for $400M, adding $25B+ in annual payment volume.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">With 60% of Tazapay volume using stablecoins, USDC could deepen its global payments footprint.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Circle still needs regulatory approvals before the deal can close in 2027.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Circle Pushes USDC Into 100+ Markets With Tazapay Acquisition<\/h2>\n<p>Circle is making one of its biggest moves yet to push USDC beyond crypto trading and deeper into global commerce.<\/p>\n<p>The stablecoin issuer has agreed to acquire Singapore-based payments infrastructure company Tazapay for $400 million in an all-stock transaction. The deal is expected to close in 2027, subject to regulatory approvals, including clearance from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Tazapay brings more than 60 banking and fintech partners, local payout infrastructure across over 100 markets and more than $25 billion in annualized payment volume. The most striking number is that roughly 60% of that volume already involves stablecoins.<\/p>\n<h2>Circle Is Buying Distribution, Not Just a Payments Company<\/h2>\n<p>For Circle, the transaction offers something difficult to build quickly: banking relationships and local payment rails across fragmented international markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStablecoin settlement is becoming core infrastructure in the global economy,\u201d Circle CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circle.com\/pressroom\/circle-expands-global-payments-infrastructure-with-agreement-to-acquire-singapore-based-cross-border-payments-platform-tazapay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Allaire said in the announcement<\/a>. He added that combining USDC with Tazapay\u2019s banking network and institutional customer base could accelerate worldwide adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Tazapay has also been a design partner for Circle Payments Network since 2025, meaning the two companies already have an established operating relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Circle senior vice president of payments, Irfan Ganchi, said the acquisition will increase \u201cCircle\u2019s capability to originate and terminate payments globally, near-instant and 24\/7, a meaningful step toward making USDC the default payment rail for cross-border commerce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That matters because stablecoins solve only part of the cross-border payments problem. Moving <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/circle-brings-usdc-into-uk-premier-league-with-chelsea-shirt-deal\/\">USDC globally<\/a> is easy. Converting it into local currencies and bank accounts across dozens of jurisdictions is much harder.<\/p>\n<h2>Asia and Africa Could Be the Bigger Prize<\/h2>\n<p>Dragonfly General Partner Rob Hadick called the acquisition \u201cthe right move,\u201d pointing to Tazapay\u2019s strength in Asia and the growing importance of Singapore. He also highlighted payment corridors between Asia and Africa as particularly vulnerable to stablecoin disruption because they remain less efficient than mature Western routes.<\/p>\n<p>Tazapay CEO Rahul Shinghal said Circle provides the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/stablecoins\/uk-gives-bank-of-england-new-stablecoin-innovation-mandate\/\">regulatory standing<\/a> and dollar infrastructure needed to take the company\u2019s network further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCircle has the dollar infrastructure in USDC and the regulatory standing to take what we\u2019ve built further than we could alone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Stablecoin Payments Are Entering a New Phase<\/h2>\n<p>The deal lands as stablecoin payment activity is accelerating across traditional finance. Visa recently said its stablecoin settlement volume surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate, up more than 15-fold year over year.<\/p>\n<p>Against that backdrop, Circle is positioning USDC not simply as a crypto asset, but as settlement infrastructure. One commentator, AKA, summarized the thesis more simply on X: \u201cUSDC is quietly becoming the internet\u2019s dollar rail.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_846194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-846194\" style=\"width:1186px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-846194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Aka on X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Tazapay acquisition suggests Circle is spending heavily to make that description increasingly literal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/stablecoins\/circle-targets-25b-payments-flow-for-usdc-with-400m-tazapay-deal\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Circle agreed to buy Tazapay for $400M, adding $25B+ in annual payment volume. With 60% of Tazapay volume using stablecoins, USDC could deepen its global payments footprint. Circle still needs regulatory approvals before the deal can close in 2027. 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