Ingenico Teams Up With WalletConnect For Stablecoin Checkout

Ingenico and WalletConnect have announced their official partnership.

Stablecoin Checkout - A New Payments Solution For Commerce

The two companies have revealed that moving forward, they will be teaming up to enable easy stablecoin payments and stabelcoin checkout for customers. Ingenico focuses on developing secure devices for cloud and payments, including worldwide POS (Point of Sale) terminals.

Ingenico has revealed a new integration feature called Digital Currency for their popular terminal product. This will allow merchants to accept stablecoin payments at checkout, for now terminals will be supporting the highest ranked stablecoins, including Tether's USDT stablecoin, as well as Circle's USDC and EURC stablecoins.

Adding this checkout method to the existing set of fast payment card options for in-store customers and businesses means better visibility. BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later), Loyalty rewards, eReceipts and other payment variations took being tried and tested across global major retail franchises and smaller individual shops to become top choices for buyers.

Are Transaction Fees Lower With Stablecoin Checkout Payments?

Where merchants are considered, although it is not specifically mentioned in the announcement, there is likely a lower transaction fee incurred for native mobile crypto payments that means business owners get to keep a bigger share of the final goods sold. Less reliance on traditional card networks also means faster settlement overall.

CEO Jess Houlgrave at WalletConnect expressed:

"Stablecoins have become an important payment instrument for moving value quickly and efficiently. By working with Ingenico, we're extending stablecoin payments into real-world retail environments in a way that is practical, familiar and easy for both merchants and consumers around the world."

WalletConnect as an all-purpose crypto and stablecoin payments platform has already facilitated an incredible volume from its partnerships, with around $400B of recorded transactions observed across the top blockchain networks in 2025 alone.

Interestingly, the core team went from one of early providers of hot wallet to decentralised exchange connectors in 2020 and 2021, where it offered crypto natives to trade and swap balances, to providing one of the best stablecoin payment platforms for commerce.

A few years removed, its software is now distributed globally. With this announcement, it is a key integration in external POS terminals, but it also has its own branded hardware terminals for small businesses to accept cheap mobile stablecoin payments.