Polygon Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance to Build Institutional Payment Rails
Polygon Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance to Build Institutional Payment Rails
馃 Polygon goes enterprise
Polygon has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance alongside Nethermind and Ethena to advance institutional payment infrastructure.
Through its Open Money Stack, Polygon aims to create global payment rails that bridge traditional financial systems with blockchain networks. The collaboration will focus on three key areas:
- Global settlement infrastructure
- Merchant payment access
- Compliant payment rails
This move builds on Polygon's growing position in the payments sector. The network has become a leading chain for x402 payments and agentic commerce, where autonomous agents handle real-world transactions. Companies like Toku already use Polygon for stablecoin payroll across 100+ countries, integrating with existing HR systems like ADP and Workday.
The partnership positions Polygon to serve as infrastructure for institutional money movement, targeting the $50T global payroll market currently constrained by legacy banking systems.
In practice: one Polygon wallet can fund compliant payroll across 100+ countries. paying thousands of employees in just seconds. Instant. Global. Onchain money movement so businesses can scale without friction. That鈥檚 how payroll moves on Polygon.
Polygon has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. With the Open Money Stack, we're building the global payment rails for institutions, enabling instant and reliable money movement between traditional systems and onchain rails. Joining @EntEthAlliance, alongside @Nethermind +
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Polygon is built for agentic payments Low fees and a scalable environment have already made it the leading chain for x402 payments, with autonomous agents moving real money in production. You can see it live today: @OpenClaw agents interacting with Polymarket positions
We're fundamentally changing how the world interacts with money. Open. Interoperable. Global. Onchain. Polygon will be the payments solution for all payments solutions.
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#2 for x402 payments. Agentic payments route to where stablecoin transactions are fast, cheap, and predictable. That's why Polygon is one of the most-used rails for internet-native payments by x402 facilitators and agentic commerce.
By integrating stablecoin payroll on Polygon, @useToku plugs directly into existing HR and payroll systems, like ADP, Workday, and Gusto, so companies can move onchain without changing workflows or introducing new risk. > Companies fund payroll in stablecoins on Polygon >
Global payroll is a $50T market still stuck on fiat rails. It鈥檚 one of the largest financial flows in the world and one of the most universal use case for digital money, yet remains constrained by legacy infrastructure. On blockchain rails, payroll is simplified. Employers can
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