Mastercard taps Borderless.xyz for Crypto Partner Program

The program focuses on cross-border transfers, B2B payments and global payouts using onchain infrastructure

Mastercard has tapped Borderless.xyz for its Crypto Partner Program as it expands work on stablecoin-linked payment use cases.

Borderless.xyz is joining as a launch partner alongside more than 85 companies across digital assets, payments and financial services, including Binance, Circle, PayPal, Ripple, Fireblocks, Solana and Polygon.

The program focuses on cross-border transfers, B2B payments and global payouts using onchain infrastructure.

The company joined Mastercard’s Start Path blockchain and digital assets accelerator in September 2025 as one of five selected firms.

It has now moved on to the Crypto Partner Program as a launch partner.

Borderless.xyz operates an API that connects wallet infrastructure to more than 14 licensed stablecoin providers across over 94 countries and more than 63 fiat currencies.

Through the program, it is working with Mastercard on ways to connect that network to Mastercard’s payments infrastructure, which reaches consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories.

Kevin Lehtiniitty, CEO and Co-Founder of Borderless.xyz, said,

We started working with Mastercard through Start Path last year. Now we’re collaborating as launch partners on how stablecoin infrastructure connects to the world’s largest payments network.

That progression tells you where this industry is heading, from speculative to real-world payments at scale, he said.

Borderless.xyz said its infrastructure already supports global payouts for wallet provider DFNS, which is also part of the program, and enterprise on- and off-ramping for Bastion, whose clients include Sony.

The company said its network connects wallet platforms with locally licensed providers that handle compliance and settlement in each market.

Mastercard’s Crypto Partner Program is aimed at linking onchain innovation with payments infrastructure to support compliant digital asset use cases across markets.