Japan's largest card network JCB partners with Circle to explore USDC-powered payments, bringing stablecoins closer to 40 million merchants
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Promote with Leviathan NewsJCB already tested self-custodial USDC on Base and JPYC on Polygon at Shibuya PARCO from Feb. 24 to Mar. 2, with merchant settlement designed in yen. Circle’s first defined step is narrower, a PoC for JCB’s internal fund transfers; the MOU names no chain, merchant rollout, or launch date.
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