Circle is expanding in Latin America by teaming up with ACI Worldwide to integrate USDC settlement into existing banking infrastructure, starting with a pilot in Colombia built on ACI's Bre-B instant-payments system. The pairing of USDC with ACI's Connetic orchestration platform is meant to show how stablecoin settlement can run alongside traditional payment rails rather than replace them. ACI's Craig Ramsey said the conversation is moving from possibility to practicality, while Circle's Kash Razzaghi described USDC as a bridge between traditional finance and the digital economy. Colombia is seen as a logical market given high cross-border remittance volumes and a population used to dollar savings as an inflation hedge. The pilot is designed to support other networks and digital-asset providers over time, and it follows Circle's earlier USDC integration with Argentina's Mercado Pago.
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