Key Notes
- Payment giant Ingenico brings stablecoin checkout to tens of millions of terminals across retail and hospitality worldwide.
- WalletConnect’s 700+ wallet network and $400B yearly volume now connects to traditional point-of-sale infrastructure seamlessly.
- Digital currency payments will settle on-chain through Polygon, Base, Arbitrum, and Ethereum starting January 2026.
Ingenico has partnered with WalletConnect Pay to enable in-store payments in stablecoins on its POS terminals. This deepens the push to bring digital currencies into mainstream retail.
The move connects Ingenico’s large merchant network with WalletConnect’s multichain payment rails. Customers can pay directly from Web3 wallets using USDC
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and other supported stablecoins.
Ingenico, a global payments leader, announced a digital currency solution built on WalletConnect Pay, according to its blog. With this integration, merchants using Ingenico infrastructure can accept supported stablecoins at checkout. The rollout starts with USDC across Polygon, Base, Arbitrum, Ethereum
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, and other EVM-compatible networks.
The rollout targets a broad range of in-person use cases. These include retail, hospitality, transportation, fuel, parking, vending, and other self-service environments. Ingenico’s estate spans tens of millions of devices globally and is backed by thousands of payment apps.
How WalletConnect Pay Fits In
Under the integration, consumers can pay with any WalletConnect-compatible wallet that supports stablecoins. Examples include MetaMask, Trust, Safe, or others. Transactions settle directly on-chain. Funds move from the customer’s wallet to the merchant’s payment provider rather than flowing through card networks.
WalletConnect reports support for more than 700 wallets. Its network has processed over $400 billion in volume in the past year, with stablecoins representing a large share of that activity. This footprint allows the Ingenico integration to plug into existing Web3 user behavior. It presents a familiar checkout flow at physical terminals, according to their press release.
Jess Houlgrave, CEO of WalletConnect, framed stablecoins as a practical tool for value transfer and a logical next step for everyday payments.
Integration for acquirers (banks or companies that process card payments for merchants) and PSPs (payment service providers that help businesses accept electronic payments) is scheduled for January 2026.
Why the Partnership Matters
Ingenico has operated in payment acceptance for more than four decades, with operations across dozens of countries and a leading share of the global POS terminal market. Its terminals are used by merchants across sectors such as retail, transport, and hospitality, and the company is part of Worldline’s broader payment services group after a multi-billion-dollar acquisition in 2020.
They have also worked more closely with the crypto industry. They have formed more partnerships with companies like Binance and Crypto.com in the past. Now that stablecoins are trending, this partnership comes at the perfect time to push crypto adoption in daily life, bringing it closer to card payments.
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