Major global bank Standard Chartered has announced a partnership with DCS to provide stablecoin settlements to DeCard users.
DCS Card Center, formerly known as Diners Club Singapore, is a global payments provider situated in Singapore. It backs the DeCard credit card, described as “a next-gen card brand built for seamless stablecoin spending in the real world.”
The company is now turning to Standard Chartered’s infrastructure to support DeCard’s growing userbase. Headquartered in the UK, Standard Chartered is a major global banking institution operating in 54 markets, including Singapore.
Stablecoins, digital assets pegged to a fiat currency, have increasingly been becoming popular around the world, as they offer a faster and more transparent alternative to traditional transactions.
In the partnership with DCS, Standard Chartered will provide banking and financial services to DeCard across a range of domains, including fiat and stablecoin settlements.
Dhiraj Bajaj, the bank’s Global Head of TB FI Sales, said:
This partnership is in line with our continued efforts to offer banking solutions for innovative Fintech partners and is central to our strategy of supporting clients in navigating the evolving digital assets space.
According to the press release, Standard Chartered’s API infrastructure will also allow DCS to link virtual accounts to DeCard holders, making it possible for immediate identification and transaction reconciliation across multiple channels.
Currently, Standard Chartered and DCS are rolling out the collaboration only in Singapore, but expansion in other key markets is planned. It’s unknown, however, which markets exactly the service will make its way to next.
From the above chart, it’s visible that the 60-day change in the market cap of USDT, the largest of the fiat-tied cryptocurrencies, was witnessing sharp growth earlier in the year, but recently, it has shown a turnaround. “After months of growth, total stablecoin market cap is now trending downward—a potential signal of cooling liquidity,” noted Maartunn.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin is floating around $104,000, down 1% over the last 24 hours.
