Circle and ACI Worldwide Pilot USDC Settlement in Colombia

Circle and payments technology firm ACI Worldwide announced a proof of concept in Colombia to explore how USDC settlement can run alongside existing payment infrastructure. The pilot, built on ACI Connetic, aims to show financial institutions how to integrate stablecoin settlement into their current payment operations rather than replacing them.

• The pilot is tied to Colombia's Bre-B instant-payments network, testing USDC settlement alongside traditional bank rails
• ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and Circle (NYSE: CRCL) framed the effort as a Latin America-focused bridge between conventional payment systems and stablecoin infrastructure
• Circle announced the collaboration on X, positioning it as a response to banks' growing interest in fitting stablecoins into systems they already use