Mastercard Brings Its Fraud-Fighting Tools to Stablecoin Payments

Decrypt · Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:16:04 GMT

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Tags: STABLECOIN

Mastercard announced at the Money20/20 conference an API-based service that draws on payment and blockchain intelligence to detect fraud, scams and sanctions exposure before funds are sent on-chain.

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