Financial services company Western Union has confirmed that it will launch its USDPT stablecoin in May 2026.
The announcement was made during the company’s first quarter earnings call on April 24, 2026, where CEO and President Devin McGranahan said: He asserted that the project is in the final stages of development.
“It’s no longer a question of whether Western Union will enter the digital asset market, it’s a question of how quickly it can scale,” the executive said. He went on to clarify that “the cornerstone of our strategy is USDPT, our stablecoin backed by the US dollar.”
This asset, called USD Payment Token (USDPT), is Published on the Solana Network in partnership with Anchorage Digital Bankas reported by CriptoNoticias, is an entity with the status of a federal bank in the United States.
As McGranahan explained during the Q&A, stablecoins are not intended for end users. But it also serves as a tool to optimize a company’s internal infrastructure.
Specifically, USDPT operates as an alternative to the SWIFT network, the system that Western Union currently uses to settle transactions with agents around the world. “It will be launched as a payment solution, not as a consumer stablecoin,” the CEO said.
The initial implementation will take place in selected countries with strategic partners, with the aim of enabling payments in a digital environment that reduces processing times. The system operates continuously (24 hours a day, 365 days a year), even on bank holidays. This would be an improvement over the previous scheme.
With this initiative, Western Union aims to reduce operating costs and improve efficiency for international transfer services. The company also aims to reduce risks associated with local currency fluctuations. In the context of serving over 100 million customers in various markets.
Solana was chosen as the infrastructure to address the need to have a network that can provide high performance and low transaction costs, which are important characteristics for the kind of high-volume processing the company processes.
The announcement comes at a time when traditional players in the financial system are increasingly integrating digital assets within their operations, not necessarily as products for users, but as tools to improve internal processes.
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