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US FinTech and Banking giant, Cross River Bank, has launched a new stablecoin payments platform that bridges the gap between traditional banking and blockchain technology, marking a noteworthy development in the ongoing convergence of traditional finance and crypto.
The New Jersey-based technology infrastructure provider announced the platform on November 24, 2025, positioning it as a unified solution that connects stablecoin and fiat currency flows within a single system.
In doing so, it hopes to position itself at the forefront of stablecoins’ proliferation with the traditional financial sector.
Cross River’s new offering integrates directly with its real-time banking core system, COS, allowing companies to move money across both blockchain networks and traditional banking rails while maintaining bank-grade compliance standards.
The platform targets a major pain point in current financial infrastructure: fragmentation. Instead of managing separate systems for fiat currency and blockchain transactions, businesses can now handle both through one interoperable platform.
Key capabilities include network settlement, merchant payouts, cryptocurrency on-ramps and off-ramps, and treasury management functions, all of which are designed to usher in a more efficient environment for the platform’s users.
The stablecoin market has grown substantially, with annual transaction volumes now exceeding $20 trillion. Despite this growth, businesses working with stablecoins have faced operational challenges including the need to pre-fund accounts, high capital costs, fragmented vendor relationships, and slow deployment timelines.
“Moving to onchain finance requires true interoperability between fiat and blockchain networks,” said Luca Cosentino, Head of Crypto at Cross River. “Previously companies were forced into inefficient choices — pre-funding, high cost of capital, stitched-together vendors, and slow time-to-market.”
Cross River’s platform aims to eliminate these friction points by abstracting the technical complexity of blockchain integrations while maintaining regulatory compliance as a federally regulated bank.
Cross River founder, president, and CEO Gilles Gade framed the launch as part of a broader transformation of banking infrastructure.
“We’re building the future of finance,” Gade said. “We’re taking blockchain beyond payments and settlement, reimagining every corner of banking — from BaaS to lending — to deliver a faster, more connected financial world grounded in safety and trust.”
The company has positioned itself at the intersection of traditional banking regulation and blockchain innovation, emphasizing that financial innovation and regulatory compliance can coexist.
The platform is currently available to approved partners across three categories: fintech companies, traditional enterprises, and crypto-native businesses. However, Cross River plans to expand this availability significantly over time.
At time of writing, these services are only available in limited states, though the company has indicated plans for broader geographic expansion.
This launch builds on Cross River’s existing experience supporting digital asset platforms with real-time, secure, and compliant financial infrastructure. The bank has so far positioned itself as a bridge between the traditional banking system and emerging blockchain-based financial services.
Beyond payments, Cross River has indicated the infrastructure is designed to support future use cases involving digital assets and blockchain technology, suggesting additional products may be in development. However, this is yet to be confirmed explicitly.
The platform represents Cross River’s commitment to what it calls “onchain finance” – That being financial services built on blockchain infrastructure that offer programmability, transparency, and speed while operating within the regulatory framework of a federally regulated bank.
As the digital asset sector continues to mature and institutional adoption grows, infrastructure providers like Cross River are positioning themselves as essential plumbing for the next generation of financial services.
