Colombia's Bre-B payment network recorded over 500 million transactions and passed 100 million registered payment keys in its first five months of operation as of March 2026

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Cashu operates as a Bitcoin-backed currency protocol designed for digital transactions

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Ripple and BNY partnered with working capital provider C2FO to test tokenized supply chain finance and instant settlement on the XRP Ledger using RLUSD

The integration of USDC onto ACI Connetic allows financial institutions to test digital dollar settlement without rebuilding back-office systems from scratch

Bre-B is Colombia's interoperable instant-payment network run by Banco de la República, the country's central bank

On October 27, 2026, Circle and ACI Worldwide announced a Colombia pilot pairing Circle's USDC infrastructure with ACI Worldwide's cloud-based ACI Connetic platform to enable stablecoin settlement alongside traditional payment systems

Circle Chief Commercial Officer Kash Razzaghi and ACI Worldwide executive Craig Ramsey framed the pilot of USDC settlement on Colombia's Bre-B network as a bridge connecting traditional finance with digital assets

The Circle and ACI Worldwide pilot on Colombia's Bre-B network allows financial institutions to test compliance, operational governance, and treasury settlement models for stablecoins within familiar frameworks

Robinhood plans to adopt Ripple Treasury software to manage cash operations, cash flow forecasting, payments, and financial risks

ACI Worldwide built the ACI Connetic platform to be technology-agnostic, supporting additional payment networks and digital-asset providers beyond USDC over time

Colombia was selected for the USDC settlement pilot with ACI Worldwide due to high cross-border remittance volumes and public demand for dollar-denominated savings as an inflation hedge

Circle and ACI Worldwide framed the pilot of USDC settlement on Colombia's Bre-B network as the starting point for broader stablecoin settlement expansion across Latin America

ACI Connetic is a cloud-based payments orchestration platform built by ACI Worldwide to handle both traditional and digital payments on a single platform

Circle Internet Group launched the Circle Payments Network in 2026 using the USDC stablecoin to compete with Ripple's cross-border payments business

Robinhood Crypto General Manager Johann Kerbrat said Robinhood will utilize Ripple Treasury software to automate internal payment transfers between different divisions of its business

The Circle Payments Network connects financial institutions and payment providers to facilitate cross-border payments using USDC and other digital assets

Haun Ventures announced $1 billion in new funds in May 2026, broadening its investment scope beyond crypto toward emerging payments models, artificial intelligence, and financial services

The Scripless Securities Depository System (SSDS+) connects to Bank Negara Malaysia's RENTAS+ system to settle tokenized securities payments around the clock in central bank money rather than private stablecoins

Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour described Malaysia's SSDS+ and RENTAS+ systems as providing a secure, faster, and more flexible foundation for new use cases in securities and payments

Bank Negara Malaysia launched the upgraded Real Time Electronic Transfer of Funds and Securities system, RENTAS+, in October 2025, making it the first real-time gross settlement system in ASEAN to operate continuously 24 hours a day

Bank Negara Malaysia introduced an automatic liquidity facility alongside Malaysia's RENTAS+ system to allow participating institutions to access liquidity through repurchase agreements and sell-and-buy-back arrangements outside conventional banking hours