Wirex, a leading provider of stablecoin payment infrastructure serving over 7 million users globally, and Ultra Stellar, the company behind Stellar’s largest LOBSTR wallet and leading decentralized exchange StellarX, today announced the launch of a native Stellar payment infrastructure, built directly on Soroban, Stellar’s smart contract platform.
This first-of-its-kind initiative creates a fully integrated blockchain-based payment layer that enables wallets, fintech platforms and developers across the Stellar ecosystem to offer stablecoin bank accounts, global card issuance, payments and payouts – all settled directly on Stellar.
Combining Wirex’s global payment connectivity, licensing coverage and integration with Visa and Bank Rail, with Ultra Stellar’s deep expertise in Stellar infrastructure and millions of active users, the partnership brings real-world financial capabilities directly on-chain.
Instead of the traditional integration model, Wirex and Ultra Stellar will jointly develop and develop this infrastructure, combining their respective strengths to build a unified and native Stellar payment layer for the ecosystem.
The infrastructure is designed to support the next generation of financial applications – including those used by millions of users and autonomous AI agents, enabling seamless global transactions fully backed by stablecoins.
Complete payment package natively built on Stellar
The new infrastructure brings production-ready financial capabilities to the Stellar ecosystem, including:
- Virtual bank accounts backed by stablecoins.
Fully-functional accounts enable users and businesses to store, receive and manage stablecoins with the ease of real-world financial use.
- 1:1 conversion of fiat currencies and stablecoins
Instant conversion between fiat currencies and stablecoins at a real value of 1:1, eliminating spreads and friction.
- Issuing international co-branded cards
Stablecoin-powered cards are accepted at over 80 million merchants worldwide, enabling direct spending from native Stellar balances.
- Global payments and settlement
Seamless transfers across major global payment paths including ACH, SEPA, PIX, FPS, SWIFT and Push-to-Card, connecting on-chain assets to traditional finance.
- Return of the original stablecoin
Up to 6% annual return on stablecoin balances through a secure on-chain return infrastructure with full liquidity and no lock-ups.
Excellent connectivity to global financial markets
Unlike traditional blockchain payment integrations that rely on external infrastructure, this solution is built directly on Soroban, ensuring seamless interoperability with Stellar wallets, tokens and applications.
This allows developers and platforms to embed fully-functional financial services natively – turning Stellar into a complete payment ecosystem capable of supporting real-world financial use cases at scale.
With Ultra Stellar powering millions of users through LOBSTR and StellarX, and Wirex providing global payment connectivity and regulatory coverage, the infrastructure is in place to accommodate millions of new users, applications and AI-driven financial agents.
The two companies will continue to collaborate on developing and expanding the infrastructure, ensuring it evolves in line with the needs of the Stellar ecosystem and its growing developer and user base.
Driving suspension
Pavel Matveev, CEO and co-founder of Wirex, said:
“This partnership goes beyond just integration – together with Ultra Stellar, we are building a native payment layer for the entire Stellar ecosystem. By combining Wirex’s global payment connectivity with Ultra Stellar’s deep Stellar expertise, we are creating an infrastructure that allows future developers, businesses, and AI agents to access real-world financial services directly across the chain.
Our goal is to make Stellar one of the leading stablecoin-based payments ecosystems – where cards, bank accounts, payments and returns are seamlessly connected through a unified, on-chain financial layer.“.
Gleb Bitsevich, founder of Ultra Stellar, added:
“Ultra Stellar has helped scale Stellar with applications like LOBSTR and StellarX, which serve millions of users around the world. Together with Wirex, we are building and developing native payment infrastructure on Stellar, giving developers, platforms and users access to real-world financial capabilities directly across the chain.“
Supporting the next generation of financial applications
This launch positions Stellar among the first blockchain systems to have a native payment infrastructure capable of supporting global cards, bank accounts, payments and payouts – all backed by stablecoins.
As stablecoins become the backbone of global finance, Wirex and Ultra Stellar are building the infrastructure that will enable millions of users and independent agents to transact seamlessly across borders, networks and applications.
About Wirex
Wirex is a leading provider of stablecoin payment infrastructure that connects blockchain networks to real-world financial systems. Serving more than 7 million users in over 130 countries, Wirex enables stablecoin-backed bank accounts, global card issuance, and payment connectivity through direct integration with Visa, Mastercard, and global banking rails.
He learns more here | https://www.wirexapp.com/developers
About Ultra Stellar
Ultra Stellar builds the core infrastructure and applications for the Stellar ecosystem. The company is behind LOBSTR, the largest Stellar wallet with millions of users, and StellarX, Stellar’s leading decentralized exchange. Ultra Stellar is focused on building a scalable, easy-to-use financial infrastructure and accelerating the global adoption of Stellar.
Learn more:https://UltraStellar.com/
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