Mastercard Unveils Stablecoin Security Tool
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Credit card giant Mastercard (NYSE: $MS) has unveiled a new security tool that enables financial institutions to assess the risks of stablecoin payments before funds move onchain. The "Stablecoin Security" feature is a risk intelligence service aimed at heling to secure the stablecoin payment ecosystem, said Mastercard. The credit card company unveiled the new security tool at the "Money20/20 USA" conference. More From Cryptoprowl: Cardano Founder Hoskinson Says Midnight Will Surpass Zcash, Urges Gemini to List ADA Stacks Founder Warns Bitcoin Security Breach Could Hit Entire Crypto Market Coinbase Targets Banks As Institutional Crypto Adoption Grows 60 Percent of Community Banks See Stablecoins as a Threat to Deposits, Lending Crypto Heavyweights Back OKX at $25B Valuation The new tool checks where money came from and looks for possible links to fraud, scams, sanctions violations, and other financial crime risks throughout the stablecoin payment lifecycle. The Stablecoin Security system then assigns a risk score to the stablecoin payment. Mastercard said that banks can use the tool with their existing fraud and compliance systems. Mastercard cited a study that looked at 593 million stablecoin transfers in 2025. Nearly 60% of those transfers involved complex, multi-step transactions rather than one-to-one payments. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies whose value is pegged to an...
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