Mastercard Integrates Stellar Network with Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure

Mastercard's stablecoin payment infrastructure company BVNK has integrated native support for the Stellar network, allowing enterprise clients to directly transact stablecoins on Stellar without needing to build their own on-chain technology.

This integration is part of Mastercard's expansion into the stablecoin infrastructure space following its acquisition of BVNK in March 2026 for a total consideration of $1.5 billion upfront plus $300 million in performance-based earnouts, totaling up to $1.8 billion.

Stellar transactions settle in about 5 seconds with fees under 1 cent, and the network operates at a 99.99% uptime, targeting high-frequency, low-value, cross-border enterprise payments.