With Bridge's global card issuing platform launch earlier this year, the barrier between holding stablecoins and spending them has disappeared. Developers can now offer their users the ability to pay at millions of merchants worldwide directly from their stablecoin balances, without friction, conversion delays, or the need to offramp to traditional banking.
For developers building on Bridge, card programs unlock new opportunities to enhance customer loyalty, boost engagement, and generate additional revenue through card interchange. The launch also compliments Stripe’s overall issuing capabilities, extending stablecoin-backed card programs for business audiences to consumer applications.
Since the launch, Bridge has been heads down listening closely to developers, expanding our offering, and helping customers launch in new markets. Today we’re thrilled to share a new wave of customers launching innovative spending solutions alongside new card issuing functionality.
Innovators bringing more utility to stablecoins with card spend
From crypto wallets and remittance providers to neobanks, businesses are empowering their users with seamless ways to spend their digital assets.
Today Zepz, the global payments group behind WorldRemit and Sendwave serving 9 million customers, announced that Sendwave customers will soon be able to spend their stablecoin balances on everyday purchases through a Bridge-powered card. In October this year, Zepz announced the Sendwave Wallet, enabling users to send, store, and spend USDC via a stablecoin-backed peer-to-peer cross border money solution supporting customers across 100 countries. Using Bridge’s smart contract functionality that links cards with their wallet infrastructure, Zepz can empower customers in multiple countries to compliantly spend stablecoin balances through one integration.
The card product, expected to go live in some markets including Brazil in early 2026, builds on Zepz’s mission to make financial empowerment simple, trusted and accessible for cross-border communities worldwide.
Phantom, a crypto wallet with more than 15 million users, is removing the friction around daily usage of crypto with Phantom Cash. Users can top up their balance through various funding methods, pay friends, and soon spend worldwide using a Bridge-powered card. Balances can be held and spent in CASH, a new stablecoin designed by Phantom and built on Bridge’s Open Issuance platform.h various funding methods, pay friends, and soon spend worldwide using a Bridge-powered card. Balances can be held and spent in CASH, a new stablecoin designed by Phantom and built on Bridge’s Open Issuance platform.
In addition to Zepz and Phantom, businesses that have launched stablecoin-backed card programs with Bridge and Stripe include Airtm, Chipper, Roqqu, Sling Money, Fuse, Solid, Gigbanc, and Unifi, with more to be announced.
Launching a global card program with Bridge
Bridge enables compliant card programs with flexible wallet integrations, custom stablecoin support, and real-time insights and is continually expanding to new markets. By building with Bridge, developers can tap into several new capabilities including:
- Faster global expansion: Issue cards compliantly to users in major markets in Africa, Latin America and the US through one integration, with EU and APAC launching in 2026. New card programs can be launched in weeks and additional countries can be added in as little as a day.
- No cross-border fees: All cards can be used to spend at merchants in 150 countries and are not charged the typical cross-border fee when the user transacts in their local country powered by Bridge’s unique collaboration with Visa.
- Flexible wallet integrations: Bring your non-custodial wallets and seamlessly link a Bridge-powered card using our smart contract functionality. For example, if you power your Solana wallets via Privy, Bridge can leverage a smart contract to pull user balances. You can also leverage Bridge-managed custodial wallets for an out-of the box solution. With either option, users enjoy a frictionless spending experience without having to top up a separate balance.
- End-to-end stablecoin infrastructure: Power your card program with your own custom stablecoin, launched on Bridge’s Open Issuance platform, and integrate onramps and offramps for faster adoption. Grow profitability with interchange on every card transaction plus rewards from reserves backing your own stablecoin.
- Enhanced insights: Monitor onboarding funnel health, cards, and user activity directly from the Bridge Dashboard to ensure your program launches quickly and runs smoothly.
These upgrades build on Bridge’s core card issuing foundation - a platform designed to make it simple for developers to scale quickly, stay compliant, and grow profitably. Teams benefit from the program management, compliance expertise, and card network relationships of Bridge and Stripe, ensuring every launch is built on a strong regulatory and operational foundation. Transparent pricing and clear interchange revenue models make ROI predictable, while card holders enjoy a better experience thanks to zero markups on FX transactions and no cross-border fees when spending locally. All together, we’re helping customers launch card programs designed for sustainable, long-term success.
In the coming months we will be expanding to more markets across Europe and APAC and bringing more card functionality to developers across the lifecycle of card spend. Interested in launching a card program? Get in touch or learn more in our API docs.
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