How stablecoin-based settlement infrastructure is giving rise to Payment Finance—a short-duration, receivables-backed credit category now accessible to global institutional investors Investors are not funding tokens or speculative assets. They are purchasing notes issued by a bankruptcy-remote SPV, backed by short-duration receivables from licensed payment institutions. This is not DeFi yield farming; it carries no correlation […]
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Davos 2026: Key PayFi Takeaways
Across Davos 2026, discussions around global payments shifted noticeably from experimentation to execution, with payments and financial infrastructure emerging as areas of structural change. A common theme emerged across sessions: real-world payment systems are being re-designed to function in real time, with liquidity, compliance, and execution tightly integrated at scale. Within this shift, PayFi has […]
PayFi emerges as the new financial layer for global payments at Davos 2026
Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026 – At Web3 Hub Davos 2026, during the World Economic Forum, leaders from Arf, LuLu Financial Holdings, and the Stellar Development Foundation came together to discuss a shift underway in global payments. Moving beyond pilots and proofs of concept, the panel explored how programmable liquidity, embedded compliance, and on-chain settlement […]
