Circle and ACI Plan USDC Settlement Pilot on Colombian Payment Rails
Stablecoin issuer Circle and Colombian payment infrastructure provider ACI plan to launch a USDC settlement pilot that would connect USDC to Colombia's local payment rails. According to CryptoSlate, the two parties have announced the pilot arrangement but have not disclosed a launch timeline, the number of participating institutions, or transaction volumes.
The arrangement points to a path for integrating stablecoins with a country's local clearing and settlement system: USDC is cleared on-chain, then on- and off-ramped through local payment rails. The two parties have not specified which business types the pilot will cover or the details of its compliance framework.
In Latin America, stablecoins are already widely used for cross-border settlement and remittances. If the pilot goes live, operational attention will focus on compliance screening at the on- and off-ramp stages and on fund attribution ahead of settlement.
Source: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMidEFVX3lxTE5MTjFKYUs0cUk4T21YWnpIVVZ1dVprSDhGQTlmeDBnYXFfRXBsR3hKUFZ3NFZaRXhQQlFRUm1sc3FkYlpOZk16MEVMTlVMNDlFTERGRHhxZU9EZmdZSjMtdTJ2cVZwR1ZYYlpKTVQ2OU5zV25t?oc=5
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- OceanAlt Editorial
- First published
- 2026-10-30
- Last updated
- 2026-10-30
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