Answers to the questions program teams actually ask.
Practical explanations of U.S. account structures, payment rails, reliance models, and institutional stablecoin settlement — written for compliance, treasury, and product teams evaluating a program.
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U.S. Banking and Accounts
How can an international fintech access U.S. dollar account infrastructure?
Account structures, bank-customer relationships, ACH, Fedwire, SWIFT, and what a strong program package contains.
Read the guide →Compliance and Program Design
What is a banking reliance model?
How a bank may rely on another eligible financial institution for specified CIP procedures — and what reliance does not mean.
Read the guide →U.S. Banking and Accounts
Named, virtual, FBO, and omnibus accounts explained
Four account concepts that are frequently confused, what each one actually describes, and how to choose.
Read the guide →Stablecoin Infrastructure
How institutional stablecoin on-ramps and off-ramps work
The six-stage fiat-to-stablecoin flow, the reverse off-ramp, execution models, wallet controls, and key risks.
Read the guide →Domestic and International Payments
How to combine U.S. banking rails with stablecoin settlement
Connecting ACH and wire funding to conversion, onchain settlement, payouts, controls, and transaction-level reconciliation.
Read the guide →What we write about.
- U.S. Banking and Accounts
- Fintech and MSB Programs
- Stablecoin Infrastructure
- Domestic and International Payments
- Compliance and Program Design
- Reporting and Reconciliation
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