Cross-border payments without the 30-day wait
Pay suppliers and partners abroad across stablecoin, SWIFT, and local rails, with counterparties vetted once for the network.
One payment, start to settled. Click through it.
- 01InitiateOne instruction: amount, currency, destination. The counterparty cleared compliance once. Nothing to wait on.
- 02Lock FXA firm quote inside the payment. One instruction covers the transfer and the conversion, no separate desk.
- 03SettleScreened, converted, and landed on a local rail. Same day, not day five.
Cross-border payments are slow because every payment re-runs the same work: correspondent banks re-screen counterparties, first-time compliance reviews run up to 30 days, and wires sit in flight for 3–5 days. Infinite removes the repeat work: a counterparty is vetted once for the whole compliance network, and payments route across stablecoin, SWIFT, and local rails to settle the same day.
Where it breaks down
Correspondent delays.
A payment hops through two or three correspondent banks, each with its own cutoff windows and fees taken in flight.
Repeated compliance reviews.
Each institution collects the same documents and screens the same supplier. First-time review can take 30 days.
Late failure notices.
Rejected payments return days later. Your team reconstructs the failure and resubmits while the supplier waits.
- Vetted once.Clear a counterparty for the whole network. First-time review drops from ~30 days to 1–2; repeat payments start pre-cleared.
- Automatic routing.Transfer Routes selects stablecoin, SWIFT, or local rails per corridor for settlement in hours.
- FX inside the payment.GBP, EUR, MXN, BRL and more convert in flight at known rates. One instruction covers the transfer and the conversion: no separate desk, no second settlement.
- Payment visibility.Every payment carries its screening state and settlement status end to end.
- Supplier accounts.A cleared supplier can hold its own USD account on Infinite. Pay it the same day; the supplier chooses when to pay out over local rails or SWIFT.
Add the counterparty.
Submit the supplier via API or dashboard. Compliance AI assembles the evidence. Human-approved policy governs outcomes; judgment calls route to named analysts.
Create the payment.
Submit the amount, currency, and destination in one instruction for the vetted counterparty.
Infinite routes it.
Infinite selects stablecoin, SWIFT, or local rails, with FX in flight when currencies differ.
Settled and documented.
Funds land the same day, and the payment closes with a complete, audit-ready record: route, rates, screening state, and settlement confirmation.
Answers before you ask
How fast do cross-border payments settle on Infinite?
Same day. Once a counterparty is vetted (1–2 days the first time, pre-cleared for every payment after), each payment takes the fastest compliant path across stablecoin, SWIFT, or local rails, with Transfer Routes choosing per corridor. Traditional correspondent wires spend 3–5 days in flight; on Infinite, settlement typically closes in hours.
Why do international wires take 3–5 days through banks?
Because a wire hops through two or three correspondent banks, each with its own cutoff windows, fees taken in flight, and compliance checks. The payment only moves as fast as the slowest bank in the chain, and a first payment to a new counterparty can add a review of up to 30 days.
Do we need to hold stablecoins to pay suppliers this way?
No. You fund in your local currency and your supplier receives theirs; when a stablecoin leg is the fastest route, conversion and routing run in the background. There is no crypto infrastructure to build; see the guide on integrating stablecoin payments without holding crypto.
Which stablecoin should businesses use for cross-border payments?
One that is fully reserved, regularly attested, and deeply liquid in the corridors you pay into; no single coin wins every corridor. Compare reserve composition, attestation cadence, issuer regulation, redemption terms, and local liquidity; on Infinite, conversion and routing run behind the API, so you aren’t locked to one coin’s rails. The full criteria are in the Stablecoin Payments FAQ on which stablecoin is best for B2B payments.
How do importers and exporters pay overseas suppliers with stablecoins?
The importer funds in its local currency, and the supplier invoice settles the same day over a stablecoin leg: the exporter receives their own currency, with FX converted in flight. Compliance screening runs before the money moves: the supplier is KYB-verified and sanctions-screened once for the whole network, so repeat trade payments start pre-cleared. See how same-day cross-border payments work.
How is currency conversion handled on a cross-border payment?
FX happens inside the payment: GBP, EUR, MXN, BRL and more convert in flight at known rates, so one instruction covers both the transfer and the conversion. Quotes, execution, and settlement run through the same API and ledger; see Foreign Exchange for how quoting works.
What compliance review does a new overseas supplier go through?
The supplier completes onboarding once: KYB verification, sanctions screening, and beneficial-ownership checks. Compliance AI assembles the case inside human-approved policy; judgment calls route to named analysts. Review typically closes in 1–2 days instead of the industry’s ~30. The counterparty is then vetted for the whole network and every later payment starts pre-cleared.
Can our overseas suppliers hold their own USD account instead of receiving wires?
Yes, for suppliers in supported markets, subject to onboarding and compliance review. A cleared supplier holds an Infinite Account with its own US account and routing numbers, provided through chartered, FDIC-insured partner banks. Your payment settles into it the same day with no wire in the middle, and the supplier holds dollars until it pays out over local rails or SWIFT. Suppliers elsewhere are paid over SWIFT or local rails as today.
Bring the corridor that hurts most.
30 minutes, routed live: the rail, the FX, and the screening record behind the payment.
Ask an AI about Crossborder PaymentsChatGPTClaudePerplexityGemini