Column launches stablecoin infrastructure with instant USDC and USDT conversion

Column has launched four new financial infrastructure products spanning stablecoins, card issuing, global banking and multicurrency accounts, giving fintech companies access to the services through a single banking platform.
Summary

• Column launched four products covering stablecoins, card issuing, global banking and multicurrency accounts.
• USDC and USDT can be converted into U.S. dollars and connected with domestic and international payment rails around the clock.
• Column built its own issuer processor and now provides banking, processing and capital through one integration.
• Verified customers globally can access U.S. dollar or local currency accounts and cards using Column's infrastructure.
• William Hockey said the new products are already moving billions of dollars for major fintech companies.

According to Column co founder William Hockey, the rollout completes a years long effort to build the underlying components needed for technology companies to create financial products without connecting separate banks, payment orchestrators and processing providers. Hockey announced the products on Sept. 16, saying each service is already processing billions of dollars for fintech companies including Ramp, Brex, Bilt, Mercury, Slash and Kapital.

Global banking

Issue U.S. dollar or local currency accounts and cards to verified customers anywhere in the world, on the same infrastructure and same compliance tooling you already use domestically. pic.twitter.com/85f6oXoy11 --- William Hockey (@williamhockey) September 16, 2026

Column said the new stablecoin infrastructure makes USDC and USDT interoperable with U.S. dollars and the payment networks connected to its banking platform. Transfers and conversions can operate around the clock, while clients can move funds between stablecoins, bank accounts and domestic or international payment rails without relying on an intermediary provider.

The launch comes as stablecoins increasingly move into payment and banking infrastructure. crypto.news previously reported that stablecoin card spending surpassed $10.9 billion cumulatively, based on Paymentscan data cited by RedotPay in August. Monthly spending crossed $1 billion for the first time in July, compared with approximately $339.4 million a year earlier.

Column stablecoin infrastructure connects crypto and bank payments

Column's stablecoin product allows businesses to receive and send USDC and USDT while moving between digital dollars and traditional bank money. Hockey said the functionality was built directly into Column and operates without middlemen.

One example provided by the company involves receiving USDC from Mongolia, immediately converting the funds into U.S. dollars and splitting the payment. Part of the money could then be sent to a U.S. community bank through FedNow while another portion is converted into euros and sent through SWIFT.

Hockey described the process as possible through a few API calls and said it could be completed within seconds.

Column's product arrives as fintech companies build similar connections between stablecoins and traditional payment systems. Ramp, which Column named among the companies using its infrastructure, launched stablecoin accounts on Solana in July. Ramp said businesses could hold USDC and USDT and make payments to vendors in more than 140 countries, with settlement available in more than 40 local currencies.

Local currency conversion remains a separate part of the payment process even when the underlying stablecoin transfer settles quickly. Gravity Team CEO Mārtiņš Beņķītis said in August that stablecoin transfers still depend on local liquidity, banking connections and payout infrastructure when recipients need spendable domestic currency.

Column is combining those functions inside its banking stack by connecting stablecoins with its existing dollar accounts and payment rails.

Card issuing brings banking and processing under one integration

A second product gives customers access to Column's full card issuing stack, including the bank, processing infrastructure and capital through one integration.

Column has sponsored card programs for several years but has now built its own issuer processor from the ground up, according to Hockey. Clients can use the infrastructure to create debit, credit and stablecoin backed cards across the Mastercard and Visa networks.

Bringing the processor in house means Column can provide the banking relationship and card processing layer rather than requiring a fintech company to combine separate providers for those functions.

Stablecoin cards have become a growing part of the card market. Visa said earlier this month that more than 160 programs linked to stablecoins were operating globally during its fiscal second quarter of 2026. Payment volume from the programs rose nearly 200% year over year, while Visa's stablecoin settlement volume surpassed a $20 billion annualized rate.

Mastercard has been expanding its settlement infrastructure in parallel. In June, the company added six regulated stablecoins to its settlement network, including USDC, PYUSD, USDG, USDP, RLUSD and SoFiUSD. Mastercard said the system could settle transactions outside traditional banking hours, including weekends and holidays.

Column's card platform supports both Visa and Mastercard while allowing stablecoin balances to sit within the same infrastructure used for conventional card programs.

Global banking opens Column accounts beyond the U.S.

Column's third product extends its account and card infrastructure to verified customers outside the United States.

Businesses using the service can issue U.S. dollar or local currency accounts and cards to eligible customers globally. Column said companies can use the same infrastructure and compliance tools that support their domestic operations instead of creating a separate technology stack for international users.

The company did not provide a complete list of supported jurisdictions in the announcement. Availability therefore depends on the markets covered by Column's global banking infrastructure and its customer verification requirements.

For businesses operating across multiple countries, the global banking service can be combined with Column's stablecoin and card products. A customer could hold funds through an account, receive a stablecoin payment and use the balance through a card without moving between separately integrated providers, based on the product flow described by Hockey.

Column said the products were designed to work with one another because they share the company's underlying financial infrastructure.

Multicurrency accounts connect to international payment systems

Column's fourth product adds individually numbered accounts for foreign currencies, allowing customers to receive, hold and send money in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.

Funds can be converted instantly between supported foreign currencies and dollars, according to the company. The accounts connect with international payment networks, including SEPA Instant, giving clients another route for local and cross border payouts.

Hockey provided another example in his announcement in which a company receives USDC, converts the stablecoin into dollars and divides the balance between different payment destinations. One portion could travel over FedNow, another could be converted into euros and sent through SWIFT, while a third could be directed back to a card.

Column said the workflow could be completed within seconds because its stablecoin, banking, card and foreign currency products use the same underlying financial components.

The company has positioned the four products as an alternative to fintech stacks assembled from separate banks, issuer processors, payment orchestrators and other vendors. Hockey said businesses can instead use Column as the single bank behind the financial products they build.

Column did not disclose individual transaction volumes for the four services, but Hockey said every product announced this week is already moving billions of dollars at scale for some of the world's largest fintech companies.