Nium, a provider of infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced a partnership with Coinbase to enable USDC stablecoin payments across its platform.

The integration is now live and available to Nium’s clients, with Coinbase serving as the stablecoin payments and liquidity infrastructure, wallet provider and regulated custodian. Nium’s clients can send and receive stablecoins and convert stablecoin to fiat for payouts – giving businesses a single, unified platform to transact across both onchain and fiat rails, according to a statement by the firm.

By using Coinbase’s stablecoin payment APIs, Nium is able to deliver stablecoin payout capabilities across its global network of more than 40 licenses worldwide and 190 countries.

This partnership is meant to enable businesses to move away from capital-intensive prefunding models toward more efficient, just-in-time liquidity with a frictionless way to convert USDC into local currency payouts at scale and connect stablecoin balances directly to real-world payment ecosystems all within the same platform.

“The future of money movement is multi-rail. Fiat and onchain infrastructure will increasingly work together, not in isolation,” said Prajit Nanu, CEO and founder of Nium.

“This partnership with Coinbase makes that future operational today – giving our clients a single platform to send, receive and spend stablecoins at scale ahead of a fundamental shift in how money moves.”

Through the partnership, businesses can fund cross-border payouts in USDC to optimize treasury liquidity and launch USDC-backed card programmes.

“Stablecoins are transforming how money moves globally, and Coinbase is committed to enabling their use at an institutional scale,” said Alec Lovett, head of infrastructure products at Coinbase.

“By partnering with companies like Nium, we are extending stablecoin utility into real-world payment flows and helping institutions seamlessly connect digital asset liquidity with global fiat infrastructure.”