Mastercard, Western Union, Worldpay Building With New Solana Enterprise PlatformThe Solana Foundation on Tuesday unveiled a new developer platform aimed at making it easier for banks, payments companies, and other financial institutions to build products on its blockchain network, announcing partnerships with three major financial firms at launch...
...Mastercard is using SDP to enable stablecoin settlement on the Solana network, while Worldpay, the payments processing giant, is applying it to merchant payments and settlement. Western Union, whose core business has long been cross-border money transfers, is exploring how the platform can extend its existing capabilities onto the blockchain.
“The next phase of digital asset innovation will be defined by practical use cases that integrate seamlessly with existing financial systems,” said Raj Dhamodharan, Mastercard’s executive VP of blockchain and digital assets, in a statement.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/mastercard-western-union-worldpay-building-135504877.htmlI will never forget, years ago when i first read an article about Solana, since it is much more useful, affordable and faster than other altchains. They do have issues with supporting the creation of endless meme coins, but there is so much more to the platform. Hey, at least XRP (barf) has some solid competition out in the real world.
