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MoneyGram Ramps is now live on @Solana. Tap into MoneyGram’s on/off-ramp infrastructure to help your users cash in across 25+ countries and cash out across 170+ countries and territories. @riftapp is the first to integrate MoneyGram Ramps. Start building:

MoneyGram just launched its own dollar-backed stablecoin. A company with 60 million customers and half a million retail locations did not do this for press. It did it because the infrastructure underneath remittances is shifting, and waiting was the riskier move. The incumbents are no longer asking if stablecoins work. They are deciding how fast to move.

NEW: @MoneyGram launched the MoneyGram Card in Colombia. The MoneyGram Card is a stablecoin-backed Visa card that lets customers spend from their balance via Apple or Google Pay, built with @Rain on @StellarOrg. When we spoke with MoneyGram CEO @AnthonySoohoo on @_TalkingTokens in June, he described why LATAM was a natural fit: "You have consumers in some LATAM countries right now where they're converting their local fiat currency to try to buy US dollar. They're actually naturally doing it in the real world, and now it's doing it in a way where you don't have to carry the physical asset, but it's managed digitally and it's much more portable."

LATEST: @MoneyGram launches a $USDC-powered @Visa card letting customers spend stablecoins anywhere Visa is accepted, launching first in Colombia with physical card and ATM withdrawals to follow later this year.

BREAKING: @MoneyGram RAMPS GOES LIVE ON @solana GIVING BUILDERS DIRECT ACCESS TO MONEYGRAM'S GLOBAL FIAT ON- AND OFF-RAMP INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH A SINGLE API THE INTEGRATION BRINGS CASH DEPOSITS IN OVER 25 COUNTRIES AND WITHDRAWALS IN OVER 170 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES TO SOLANA APPS, WALLETS, AND EXCHANGES MONEYGRAM'S CASH NETWORK EXPANDS WHAT DEVELOPERS CAN BUILD ON SOLANA - REMITTANCES AND CROSS-BORDER PAYOUTS - PAYROLL FOR DISTRIBUTED AND GIG WORKERS - AID DISTRIBUTION SOURCE: