# Building the Infrastructure for the Next Generation of Global Payments
When we founded WasabiCard, one belief guided us above all: global money movement infrastructure was never designed for the internet economy.\ Businesses today can scale globally in weeks. AI products can acquire users across dozens of countries overnight. Creators, platforms, developers, and remote teams now operate across borders by default.\ Yet, financial infrastructure still moves at the pace of the old world. Cross-border payments remain fragmented. Global card issuing is still difficult to access. Enterprise payouts are operationally inefficient. While Stablecoins move instantly on-chain, yet real-world payment infrastructure remains disconnected.\ For years, the conversation around stablecoins centered on whether they could work. We believe that question has already been answered. The next phase is about infrastructure. Who will build the systems that make stablecoin payments usable for real businesses, globally, at scale, within compliant financial frameworks?\ That is the opportunity we see. And that is why we raised now.\ **Today, WasabiCard is announcing the completion of its Pre-A funding round, with participation from Avenir Group, Vernal Capital, Vision Plus Capital, and 01VC.**\ For WasabiCard, this round represents more than capital support. It reflects growing market conviction in the long-term value of global payment infrastructure powered by stablecoins and programmable finance.\ **Among our investors, Avenir Group has been actively focused on digital assets, trading and financial service platforms, and PayFi infrastructure, while continuing to invest in the future of internet-native financial ecosystems. Their participation reinforces our belief in the long-term potential of compliant, stablecoin payment infrastructure globally.** ### Stablecoins Are Becoming Financial Infrastructure Stablecoins are evolving from crypto-native assets into genuine financial infrastructure. What began as an alternative settlement layer is increasingly becoming integral to how global businesses manage payments, treasury, spending, and cross-border fund movement. We are seeing this transition in real time. Enterprises are seeking faster and more efficient global payment systems. Platforms want scalable payout infrastructure. Internet-native companies require financial systems that operate beyond banking hours and geographical limitations. The demand is no longer experimental. It is operational. At WasabiCard, we are building the infrastructure layer connecting stablecoins with real-world financial utility. Our focus has always been infrastructure first. Not isolated crypto products. Not short-term market cycles. But scalable financial systems that enterprises can actually build upon. This includes global card issuing infrastructure, stablecoin-powered settlement, cross-border payouts, multi-currency financial access, and programmable payment workflows. ### The Rise of AI-Native Payments We believe the next generation of financial infrastructure will be API-native, globally connected, and deeply integrated with digital assets. And increasingly, it will also be AI-native. One of the areas we are most excited about is AI Agent Payment. AI is changing the structure of the internet itself. In the future, AI systems will not only generate content or automate workflows. They will increasingly participate in economic activity — making purchases, managing subscriptions, distributing payouts, accessing services, and interacting with financial systems autonomously. This creates an entirely new infrastructure requirement. Traditional banking systems were never designed for machine-native commerce. The next generation of payment infrastructure must support programmable execution, real-time settlement, global accessibility, and interoperability between digital assets and traditional financial rails. We believe AI-native financial activity will become one of the defining shifts of the next decade. And we believe payment infrastructure will be one of its most important foundational layers. ### Expanding Our Global Infrastructure Network As global adoption of stablecoin payments continues to accelerate, regulatory clarity and localized infrastructure are becoming increasingly important. We see Europe as one of the most important regions for the next phase of compliant digital payment infrastructure growth. Our expansion into Europe is not simply about geographic presence. It is about strengthening our ability to support global businesses with compliant, scalable, and reliable financial infrastructure across multiple regions. Building global infrastructure takes time. It requires patience, long-term commitment, and deep operational investment. But we believe this work matters—because the future global economy should not be limited by outdated financial systems built for a different era. ### What This Means for Our Clients and Partners For our clients and partners, this funding represents continued investment into the infrastructure that supports your growth. We will continue strengthening our global card issuing capabilities, expanding payment and payout infrastructure, improving stablecoin settlement efficiency, and building more flexible enterprise payment workflows. We will also continue investing in compliance, regional infrastructure expansion, and AI-native payment capabilities helping businesses operate more efficiently across borders. Many of the companies we work with today are building globally from day one. Our role is to help make global financial access feel as seamless as the internet itself. ### Building for the Next Financial Era I believe the next generation of financial infrastructure will not be defined by a single payment network, or financial institution. It will be defined by the systems that allow value to move globally, openly, and efficiently. Infrastructure that connects digital assets with real-world commerce. Infrastructure that supports internet-native businesses. Infrastructure that powers the next generation of AI-native economic activity. This is the future we believe in. And this is the future WasabiCard is committed to building. We are still at the very beginning of this transformation, and I could not be more excited for what comes next. \ **Ray Yang** **Co-founder, WasabiCard** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://blog.wasabicard.com/help-center/a-letter-from-the-wasabicard-co-founder/building-the-infrastructure-for-the-next-generation-of-global-payments.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.