Insights

Perspectives on stablecoin settlement, cross-border payments, and payment infrastructure.

• Adding a stablecoin leg to your payouts: build, buy, or partner — PSPs and platforms keep asking the same question: how do we offer stablecoin settlement without becoming a crypto company? The honest build-vs-buy-vs-partner analysis. (Infrastructure, 6 min)
• How to build provider-resilient stablecoin payment infrastructure — Provider lock-in in stablecoin payments is rarely about the API. It sits in your reconciliation data, your compliance evidence and your fiat edge. A practical architecture and a 10-question audit. (Infrastructure, 9 min)
• Instant payouts are table stakes now. Your compliance queue is the bottleneck. — Sellers and creators judge platforms by payout speed. The 2026 benchmark for marketplace payout infrastructure — and why the bottleneck is compliance design, not rails. (Settlement, 6 min)
• Why we shipped our docs as an MCP server — We exposed docs.venlyfinance.com as an MCP server. An AI agent can now compose a working Venly integration from live docs in about a minute. Here's why — and how to try it. (Product, 5 min)
• Your stablecoin provider just got acquired. Now check your vertical. — Mastercard is buying BVNK. Stripe bought Bridge. When card networks own stablecoin orchestration, what happens to the platforms and PSPs they've historically treated as high-risk? (Infrastructure, 6 min)
• The MiCA transition is over. Is your payment provider still allowed to serve you? — The MiCA transitional period ended July 1, 2026. Only ~17% of VASP-registered firms became authorized CASPs. Here's what it means for your payment stack — and the diligence questions to ask any provider. (Compliance, 7 min)
• You Have the License. Now You Need the Infrastructure. — How broker-dealers can operationalize stablecoin holdings after the SEC's 2% haircut change — without adding a custodian to the stack. (Infrastructure, 10 min)
• Why Stablecoin Rails Are Replacing SWIFT for High-Volume Payouts — Legacy bank rails weren't designed for the speed and cost demands of modern cross-border operators. Here's why stablecoin settlement is becoming the default for fintechs moving €500K+ monthly. (Settlement, 7 min)
• FX Margin Capture: The Hidden Revenue Line in Your Treasury — Most fintechs treat FX as a cost center. The ones that treat it as a revenue line are capturing 50–150 bps on every cross-border transaction — without touching their core product. (Product, 5 min)
• Building an Interchange Revenue Stream with White-Label Card Issuance — Every card transaction generates interchange revenue. With a white-label issuance program, operators can capture that revenue on every spend event their users make — turning user activity into a recurring income stream. (Product, 6 min)
• MiCA, VASP Registration, and What It Means for Payment Operators in Europe — Europe's new crypto regulations are creating clarity — and opportunity — for compliant payment operators. A practical guide to what MiCA means for your payout infrastructure. (Compliance, 8 min)
• Designing a Multi-Rail Settlement Architecture for Scale — The most resilient payment infrastructure doesn't rely on a single rail. Here's how to architect a settlement layer that routes dynamically across fiat, stablecoin, and crypto rails based on cost, speed, and availability. (Infrastructure, 9 min)