Definition
Mastercard Crypto Credential is a standards-based framework that issues assurance/governance signals for digital-asset participants so counterparties can reuse compliance checks — analogous to correspondent-banking trust chains for stablecoin payments.
Key Points
- 2026-08-05: Pilot with borderless for cross-border stablecoin flows; Mastercard does not settle funds in the pilot (2026-08-05-mastercard-borderless-globenewswire)
- Single-audit / shared-assurance model; participants keep own approval decisions
- Follows mastercard bvnk acquisition context
Related
- mastercard
- borderless
- bvnk
- stablecoin
- stablecoin-identity-rails
- stablecoin-regulation
- regulatory-compliance
- stablecoin-clearing-infrastructure
- correspondent-banking-compliance