Prior to the pilot of USDC settlement on Colombia's Bre-B network, Circle established a Latin American footprint by integrating USDC into fintech platform Mercado Pago in Argentina

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Ripple announced a partnership with Robinhood to integrate Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin across Robinhood's trading, treasury, settlement, and financing operations

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BNY added Ripple's dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD to its institutional Digital Asset Custody platform

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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

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

The total global stablecoin supply exceeded $300 billion in October 2026, while Ripple's RLUSD market capitalization grew to over $2.5 billion

RLUSD is currently available to traders on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp, the cryptocurrency exchange Robinhood acquired for $200 million in June

Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin is scheduled to become available on the Robinhood retail trading application before the end of 2026

Under the expanded partnership between Ripple and BNY, institutional clients will be able to mint and redeem Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin directly through BNY

Ripple and BNY agreed to explore tokenizing traditional financial assets, including trade receivables and collateral management, on the XRP Ledger

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 executed earlier stablecoin payout expansions across Latin America prior to its partnership with ACI Worldwide

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

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

Under Ripple and BNY's trade finance project with C2FO, participating capital providers fund early supplier payments on approved invoices while existing payment terms remain unchanged

The integration of the RLUSD stablecoin into the Robinhood platform gives the token potential access to Robinhood's 28.6 million funded customer accounts

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