Western Union integrated the USDPT stablecoin into its Crossmint infrastructure, connecting over 40,000 business customers with a cash payment network in more than 200 countries.
Western Union – the international money transfer corporation with a history of over 170 years – is taking its deepest strategic step yet into the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The company has just confirmed that Crossmint, one of the largest enterprise-level Web3 infrastructure providers, will become a technology partner in the deployment of USDPT – a USD- Peg stablecoin issued on the Solana blockchain with the participation of Anchorage Digital Bank.
USDPT and the Digital Asset Network platform were announced by Western Union in October 2025. The core differentiating factor of this architecture lies in its ability to directly connect the world of crypto assets with Western Union's vast physical network – over 360,000 payment locations spread across more than 200 countries – allowing end users to convert stablecoins into local fiat currency without needing a bank account.
Crossmint bridges the gap between Web3 APIs and traditional payment infrastructure.
As part of the collaboration, Crossmint will integrate USDPT access into its wallet and payment API systems, and connect directly to the Digital Asset Network platform. This means that all more than 40,000 enterprise and FinTech clients using Crossmint's infrastructure will be able to perform instant money transfers on Solana, store stablecoins, and, when needed, enable cash disbursement processes through Western Union's physical network.
Crossmint co-founder Rodrigo Fernández Touza believes that stablecoins are gradually replacing traditional tools in international payments and corporate liquidation management, and that the partnership with Western Union addresses a core bottleneck: the ability to perform end-to-end conversion between on-chain and cash in real time.
From Western Union's side, Malcolm Clarke, Vice President of Crypto Assets, confirmed that the goal of the agreement is to connect global cryptocurrency wallets and platforms with the corporation's proven payment infrastructure.
This move is part of Western Union's broader digital transformation strategy. The company has registered trademarks in the US to offer a range of services related to crypto assets, reflecting its focus on integrating blockchain into its core operations rather than just experimenting on the periphery.
The choice of Solana – a network with high throughput and low transaction fees – along with a regulated custodian like Anchorage Digital Bank demonstrates that Western Union is prioritizing both technical performance and legal compliance in its stablecoin architecture.
With the combined scale of Western Union's physical distribution network and Crossmint's API infrastructure capabilities, USDPT has the potential to become one of the world's most widely used enterprise stablecoins in terms of payment coverage right from its early stages of deployment.
