WasabiCard Enters Strategic Partnership with Japan Innovation Group to Accelerate Digitalization of Japanese Retail and Stablecoin Payment Rollout
Global stablecoin payment infrastructure provider WasabiCard announced that founders Ray Yang and Fire Liu, along with their delegation, visited Japan and officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Japanese Innovation Group (SOUSHIN Ltd.). The two parties expressed a shared intention to promote the digital transformation of traditional retail enterprises in Japan and deepen collaboration in stablecoin payments.
Japanese Innovation Group is a young and dynamic trading company in Japan, serving as a strategic partner to well-known corporations such as FamilyMart, Itochu, and Don Quijote, and is deeply involved in the digital transformation of traditional Japanese enterprises.
This strategic cooperation aims to leverage WasabiCard's technical capabilities in global payment infrastructure and stablecoin payments alongside the innovation group's extensive resources within Japan's retail and trading ecosystem. The partnership will assist traditional Japanese retail enterprises in advancing their digital transformation while fostering in-depth dialogue and collaboration in stablecoin payments, delivering a more efficient and flexible cross-border payment and settlement experience to Japan's retail sector.
"The global payment infrastructure is entering a new transformation cycle driven by stablecoins and programmable finance," said Ray Yang, founder of WasabiCard. "We believe that future payments will be increasingly globalized, real-time, and internet-native. Collaborating with the Innovation Group represents a significant step for WasabiCard in deepening its footprint in the Japanese market and driving the adoption of stablecoin payments within the real economy."
Keiichiro Honda, Vice Chairman of the Innovation Group, stated that WasabiCard's expertise in global payment infrastructure and stablecoin payments strongly aligns with their mission to drive the digital transformation of traditional Japanese enterprises. Both parties will use this partnership as a catalyst to jointly explore the integrated innovation of digitalization in Japan's retail industry and next-generation payment solutions.
To date, WasabiCard has served over 500 enterprise clients worldwide, issued more than 700,000 cards cumulatively, and facilitated over $1 billion in platform transaction volume. Its payment capabilities are extensively utilized in global payroll distribution, ad campaign funding, AI and SaaS subscription payments, and embedded finance. The platform has integrated with blockchain ecosystems including Avalanche, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain, and has joined the Circle Alliance Program to support the expansion of the global stablecoin payment ecosystem.
About WasabiCard
WasabiCard is a global payment infrastructure platform that empowers enterprises, fintechs, and internet-native businesses with card issuance, global disbursements, and cross-border payment capabilities through stablecoin-driven financial infrastructure. The platform supports global card issuance, multi-currency settlement, stablecoin on-ramps, and embedded payments, purpose-built for modern global commerce. WasabiCard caters to diverse payment scenarios including advertising spend, AI tools and SaaS subscriptions, global payroll, treasury management, and digital financial applications.
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