Nium taps Coinbase to bring USDC payments and fiat payouts to 190 countries

The live integration lets Nium clients send, receive, and convert USDC across a global network spanning more than 190 countries and 40 plus licenses.

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Add us on Google by Estefano Gomez Apr. 21, 2026

Nium, a global payments infrastructure company, has partnered with Coinbase to bring USDC stablecoin payments to its global payments platform, giving clients a single system to send, receive, and convert stablecoins alongside traditional fiat payouts.

The integration is already live, with Coinbase providing the stablecoin payment infrastructure, liquidity layer, wallet services, and regulated custody behind the offering.

The move expands Nium’s effort to position stablecoins as part of mainstream cross border payments infrastructure rather than a separate crypto product. Through the partnership, banks, fintechs, and enterprises using Nium can fund transfers in USDC, settle in either USDC or fiat, and route payouts across a network that spans more than 190 countries under 40 plus licenses.

The setup is designed to reduce reliance on prefunded accounts, a long standing pain point in global payments. Instead of parking capital across multiple corridors in advance, businesses can use stablecoins for more efficient just in time liquidity and convert into local currencies only when funds need to move.

The partnership also extends beyond payouts. Nium said clients holding stablecoin balances can now launch USDC backed card programs, allowing those funds to be used for everyday spending wherever cards are accepted. The added card functionality builds on Nium’s recent push into stablecoin card issuance and broadens its stablecoin strategy across payments, liquidity, and spend infrastructure.

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