Southeast Asia has built some of the best local payment systems in the world. But the moment money needs to cross a border, everything becomes harder: one provider to receive money, another to convert it, another to pay the supplier. Here’s how Stableyard Business brings the full flow into one place, so a business can get paid globally, hold or convert, and pay globally.
Southeast Asia has built some of the best local payment systems in the world.
A shop in Indonesia can accept QRIS using a printed code. Thailand has PromptPay. Similar instant payment rails are spreading across the region.
But the moment money needs to cross a border, everything becomes harder.
And Southeast Asia depends heavily on cross-border trade. To give you the scale: across a region of more than 680 million people, Southeast Asia moves about $3.8 trillion a year in merchandise trade, including over $800 billion within the region alone. Businesses import goods, work with global clients, pay remote teams, and serve customers across multiple countries.
The payment process behind that trade, however, is still fragmented.
Money passes through multiple banks and payment providers. Every step can add another fee, currency conversion and delay. The sender loses visibility, while the recipient rarely knows exactly when or how much will arrive.
Take a company in Vietnam exporting products to Dubai. It might get paid in dollars or dirhams, buy supplies from Thailand and pay part of its team in the Philippines.
It is one business, but every payment can need a different setup.
One provider to receive money. Another to convert it. Another to pay the supplier. Every step adds a fee, an FX spread or a delay. Sometimes the business does not even know exactly how much will arrive on the other side.
Stablecoins can make the middle of that journey faster. But businesses don’t just need to move stablecoins between wallets. They need to get paid by customers, hold or convert that money, and pay suppliers, teams or customers in other countries.
For businesses operating across markets, that means solving both sides of the flow: how they get paid and how they pay others.
Get paid globally
If a business sells across different countries, getting paid should not be the difficult part.
Take the business in Vietnam. It sells to customers in the US, so it needs an easy way to receive payments from there. Another company might be exporting to Dubai, collecting payments from global clients or getting paid directly in stables.
With Stableyard Business, companies can receive money through virtual accounts or stablecoins, depending on what works for them and the person paying.
The customer pays in a familiar way. The business receives and manages the money from one place.
Pay globally
Getting paid is only half of the flow.
That same business still needs to pay suppliers, teams, vendors or customers in other countries.
The company in Vietnam might receive money from a customer in the US, then use those funds to pay its supplier in Thailand.
Today, that can mean using one platform to collect the money, another to convert it and another to make the payout.
Stableyard brings those steps together and supports payouts across 35+ countries through available local routes.
So the flow becomes simple:
US customer → Vietnam business → Thailand supplier
The business gets paid where it sells and pays where it operates.
Where stables fit
Stables sit underneath this flow.
A business can receive fiat and convert it into stables, receive stables and settle into fiat, or continue using fiat on both sides.
The customer does not need to understand crypto. Neither does the supplier.
Both sides should be able to send and receive money in the way they already know, while stables make the movement between them faster.
What we’re building with Stableyard Business
Stableyard Business brings the full flow into one place.
Companies can get paid globally, hold or convert their money, and pay suppliers, teams or customers across different markets.
Stableyard connects the technology behind these payments, while regulated banking and local payment services are provided through our underlying partners.
Get paid globally. Hold or convert. Pay globally.
If your business receives money in one country and needs to pay people in another, we’d love to talk.
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