Avalanche has officially launched the Avalanche Payments Collective, a new initiative connecting organizations operating in areas like stablecoins, custodial services, settlements, treasury infrastructure, foreign exchange, and corporate payments. The company says this growing ecosystem, now under a unified umbrella, aims to boost payment efficiency, liquidity management, settlements, and global financial connectivity.
Bringing global payment infrastructure together
The founding participants in the collective include industry heavyweights Franklin Templeton, VanEck, WisdomTree, Anchorage Digital, Paxos, Agora, Ethena, Rain, Axiym, and Tassat. With 28 organizations on board, the collective formalizes a network developed on Avalanche over the last five years into a corporate-grade framework. Avalanche is widely recognized for its blockchain platform that leverages smart contracts and custom networks.
The Avalanche Payments Collective aims to bring organizations working across different layers of payment infrastructure into a common framework, building a more interconnected financial ecosystem.
According to the announcement, the network has drawn in companies from settlement, custody, treasury operations, foreign exchange, stablecoin issuance, asset management, corporate payments, and cross-border transfers. The group’s initial members support transaction flows in over 150 countries, 96 currencies, and serve nearly 22 billion payment endpoints globally.
These transaction points range from bank accounts and payment cards to mobile wallets. By linking these channels under a single structure, Avalanche highlights its belief that companies need access not only to payment rails but also to broader financial infrastructure.
| Indicator | Disclosed data |
|---|---|
| Number of participants | 28 organizations |
| Countries covered | More than 150 countries |
| Currencies | 96 currencies |
| Payment endpoints | Approximately 22 billion |
Settlements and cross-border transactions in focus
A key goal of the initiative is to facilitate faster and smoother value transfers on the international stage. The text underscores that conventional payment systems rely on correspondent bank relationships, pre-funded accounts, and multi-step settlement processes—all of which complicate transactions and lock up liquidity.
Some collective members are working on solutions to address these challenges. Tassat, for instance, recently migrated its Lynq network to its own Layer 1 Avalanche blockchain, maintaining transaction history and network continuity during the move.
Mini glossary: Layer 1 refers to a blockchain’s primary network, where all transactions and security are executed directly, without need for a separate application or secondary network layer.
The announcement emphasizes that global money movement depends not just on transaction networks but also on the combined operations of liquidity access, compliance systems, treasury controls, settlement tools, and local payment connections.
On the stablecoin front, Paxos, Agora, Ethena, and the Wyoming Stable Token Commission provide digital dollar infrastructure to support payment and settlement services. This reportedly increases stablecoin liquidity on the Avalanche network. Cross-border payments firm Axiym has processed over 1.4 billion dollars in transactions on the platform so far, helping companies reduce dependence on pre-funded accounts while preserving their banking connections.
Asset management and corporate payments included
The collective’s vision clearly goes beyond settlements and liquidity. Franklin Templeton and VanEck both offer tokenized financial services for treasury and liquidity management, granting corporates access to regulated digital securities on Avalanche.
NHN KCP, one of South Korea’s leading payment processors, is integrating its physical-world merchant solutions with blockchain-based settlement networks. OatFi, Rise, and Request Finance are also part of the group, providing services in areas like financing, payroll, invoicing, accounts payable, and corporate payments—all leveraging stablecoins.
According to the statement, payment infrastructure is evolving from standalone transaction tools to broader financial solutions. With the formal launch of the Avalanche Payments Collective, this rapidly growing global payments and settlement ecosystem now has an official name and structure.
