Dunamu and Visa Partner to Explore Stablecoin Payments and Cross-Border Remittances
Dunamu, the operator of South Korea’s Upbit digital-asset exchange, announced on 28 August 2026 that it has entered a strategic partnership with Visa to explore next-generation payment services built around stablecoins and artificial intelligence.
The companies presented a cooperation roadmap in San Francisco on 27 August Korea time. The plan is to combine Dunamu’s digital-asset technology with Visa’s global payments network and examine stablecoin-based payments, cross-border remittances, payment and settlement infrastructure, and AI-enabled financial services.
Stablecoin payments and settlement are still at the exploration stage
The partnership is not yet a commercial product launch. Dunamu said specific service formats, target markets and launch schedules have not been decided. Development will proceed after the companies review applicable laws and regulatory requirements as well as technical and commercial considerations.
The companies also plan to assess ways of connecting stablecoins with existing global financial and payment infrastructure. Potential use cases include international remittances and payment settlement, where tokenised value could move alongside established payment rails rather than operate as a separate closed system.
Dunamu has also identified Open Standard’s dollar-denominated Open USD, or OUSD, as one potential model for future cooperation. The company has stressed that no particular stablecoin has been selected and that any eventual asset or structure would depend on market demand, regulation, stability and suitability.
AI-enabled commerce is another area under review
The partnership also covers so-called agentic commerce, where AI systems can search for products or services and initiate purchases and payments on a user’s behalf. Dunamu and Visa plan to explore the payment and settlement infrastructure needed to support these transactions.
The announcement adds another institutional initiative linking digital assets to mainstream payment networks. For compliance teams, any future rollout of stablecoin-based cross-border payments would require KYC, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and payment-transparency controls to operate consistently across both digital-asset and conventional payment rails.
