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title: "Stripe brings stablecoin payments to businesses on Tempo"
description: "Stripe uses Tempo for stablecoin balances and global payouts. Businesses can also accept payments through Checkout and issue stablecoin-backed cards, with availability varying by product and market."
path: "/customer-stories/stripe/"
label: "Payments"
image: "/cards/customer-stories-stripe.webp"
---

Stripe uses Tempo for stablecoin balances and global payouts. Businesses can also accept payments through Checkout and issue stablecoin-backed cards, with availability varying by product and market.

> Tempo is now Stripe’s default blockchain for new features.
>
> — **Patrick Collison**, CEO, Stripe

## The challenge

Businesses need ways to receive and spend stablecoins without maintaining a separate blockchain integration for each product. Stripe brings those flows into its existing financial infrastructure, so businesses can use stablecoins through familiar APIs and the Stripe Dashboard.

## From balances to payments

[Stripe’s Tempo integration](https://docs.stripe.com/stablecoins/ecosystem/tempo) extends beyond Treasury into payment acceptance and card issuing.

- **Balances and payouts.** Stripe Treasury lets eligible businesses hold and move supported stablecoins. In public preview, US businesses outside New York can send [stablecoin payouts](https://docs.stripe.com/global-payouts/send-money/stablecoins) to recipients’ wallets in more than 160 markets, including OUSD payouts on Tempo.
- **Checkout.** US businesses can accept [stablecoin payments](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/stablecoin-payments) on Tempo through Stripe Checkout. Completed payments settle in their Stripe balance in local currency.
- **Card spending.** [Stripe Issuing and Bridge](https://docs.stripe.com/issuing/stablecoin-cards) support cards funded by stablecoin wallets on Tempo. Stripe issues and processes the cards, while Bridge handles cardholder verification and funds movement.
- **Agent spending.** [Link balance](/customer-stories/link/) lets people fund a balance and set per-purchase limits for their agents, with stablecoin settlement on Tempo. It is rolling out to Instinct users in eligible US regions.

## Why Tempo

Stablecoin transfers settle onchain in under a second on Tempo. That gives supported Stripe products a settlement network that operates around the clock. It does not describe the time for a complete payout to reach a recipient’s wallet or bank account.

Network fees are paid in stablecoins, so businesses do not need a separate gas token. Transfer memos let payments carry references that help teams reconcile them with their own records.

## What’s next

Stripe is expanding access through its preview programs. Wallet-funded stablecoin cards are in public preview, while cards funded by Stripe financial accounts remain in private preview. Businesses can check [Stripe’s current availability](https://docs.stripe.com/stablecoins/availability) for supported products and markets.