--- title: Mastercard to acquire BVNK in stablecoin push | daily.dev description: Mastercard is acquiring BVNK, a stablecoin payments infrastructure firm, for up to $1.8 billion. The deal includes $300 million in contingent payments and is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mastercard-to-acquire-bvnk-in-stablecoin-push-xf3xe47x4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mastercard to acquire BVNK in stablecoin push | daily.dev og:description: Mastercard is acquiring BVNK, a stablecoin payments infrastructure firm, for up to $1.8 billion. The deal includes $300 million in contingent payments and is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mastercard-to-acquire-bvnk-in-stablecoin-push-xf3xe47x4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xF3Xe47x4.png og:image:alt: Mastercard to acquire BVNK in stablecoin push og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Mastercard to acquire BVNK in stablecoin push **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Mastercard is acquiring BVNK, a stablecoin payments infrastructure firm, for up to $1.8 billion. The deal includes $300 million in contingent payments and is expected to close before end of 2026. BVNK, founded in 2021, bridges fiat and stablecoin payments across 130+ countries and holds licences in multiple geographies. Mastercard aims to accelerate its entry into blockchain-based cross-border remittances and business payments, competing with Visa in the fast-growing stablecoin segment. Analysts view the acquisition as strategically sound given BVNK's geographic reach and hard-to-replicate regulatory licences. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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