July 23, 2026 New York, NY - SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (SMKG:OTC), a global PayTech and FinTech solutions provider, announces a major industry alignment as Visa advances into stablecoin settlement. SMKG’s “Network of Networks” architecture is engineered for this moment, enabling banks, issuers, acquirers, and enterprise clients to activate real-time digital payment rails and digital asset channels with compliance-ready infrastructure.
Visa’s stablecoin initiative marks a turning point in programmable money, cross-border efficiency, and digital asset interoperability at the core. SMKG’s Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) ecosystem is where these innovations converge - breaking the tide between legacy systems and next-generation digital rails. By unifying Digital Payments and Digital Assets in one orchestrated environment, SMKG empowers institutions and enterprises to deploy automated, multi-rail payment flows at global scale.
SMKG IS VERY ACTIVE TODAY SERVICING AND DEPLOYING MULTIPLE FI’S IN NORTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN, SE ASIA AND EUROPE WITH ITS PAAS “platforms-as-a-service” + BAAS “banking-as-a-service” EMBEDDED OFFERINGS OF AXEPAY, GENOROCITY, GRANULARCHAIN, QR.GURU, ORIGINATORX AND XFUND.VENTURES. THESE SYSTEMS OFFER VAST EMBEDDED PAYMENT CHANNELS, NETWORKS, GATEWAYS, CROSS-BORDER RAILS, MULTI WALLET, CARD ISSUING AND DIGITAL ASSETS WITH ON/OFF-RAMPING SERVICES.
Industry Pain Point: The Compliance & Volume Bottleneck
Financial Institutions worldwide face a growing challenge: the robust influx of compliance requirements and digital payment volumes has become overwhelming. The surge in onboarding, monitoring, reporting, and multi-rail transaction flows often forces FI’s to slow down, restrict services, or back away entirely from new digital payment opportunities.
THIS BOTTLENECK IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO INNOVATION IN THE GLOBAL PAYMENTS SECTOR.
SMKG resolves this pain point by delivering a unified ecosystem within its very own platforms that automates compliance, orchestrates multi-rail payments, and scales digital asset channels - allowing FI’s to participate confidently in the next era of digital commerce without operational strain.
SMKG’s Platform-as-a-Service: The Engine Room of Digital Payments & Digital Assets
SMKG’s PaaS ecosystem consolidates fragmented financial technologies into a single operational layer that powers:
- Real-Time Global Rails for Issuers & Acquirers - Card programs, merchant onboarding, KYC/KYB, risk scoring, and transaction routing across traditional and digital networks.
- Bank-Grade Digital Asset Channels - Stablecoin settlement, tokenized value transfer, blockchain-based reconciliation, and cross-border digital rails.
- Enterprise Payments Orchestration & Automation - A unified environment where enterprises can automate payment flows, settlement logic, digital wallet operations, loyalty systems, and multi-rail routing.
- Compliance Automation at Scale - Integrated monitoring, reporting, and risk controls that reduce operational load and eliminate the bottleneck that causes FI’s to retreat from digital payment expansion.
- Multi-Network Interoperability - SMKG’s “network of networks” bridges card schemes, banking systems, digital asset networks, and merchant ecosystems into one cohesive, programmable infrastructure.
This orchestration layer is the catalyst that allows banks and enterprises to move seamlessly between fiat, card, and digital asset rails - without replacing their existing systems.
A Strategic Advantage in the New Digital Settlement Era
“Visa’s stablecoin initiative validates the architecture we’ve been building,” said Massimo Barone, CEO of SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. “Our Platform-as-a-Service with Banking-as-a-Service is the convergence point for digital payments, card processing solutions and digital assets. It gives issuers, acquirers, and banks the real-time rails, compliance automation, and orchestration they need to operate in this new era of programmable money – specifically dealing with the resources need to support merchant and treasury client portfolios across multiple industries. SMKG is the infrastructure layer that makes next-generation PayTech possible.”
SMKG’s solutions support:
- Real-time settlement and reconciliation
- Tokenized payment flows and digital asset channels
- Digital identity, onboarding, and compliance automation
- Merchant acquiring and risk management
- Cross-border programmable payments
- Enterprise-grade APIs for banks, fintechs, and global merchants
- Banking-as-a-service allowing for FI’s and Enterprises to truly build their payment networks with confidence
With Visa’s stablecoin momentum accelerating, SMKG stands as a critical enabler for institutions seeking to activate digital asset settlement, multi-rail commerce, and automated payment ecosystems.
ABOUT SMARTCARD MARKETING SYSTEMS INC. (SMKG:OTC)
SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (OTC: SMKG) is a global leader in PaaS offering specialized e-Commerce, Cloud, Blockchain layered2 and Mobility applications, delivering white-label solutions to the PayTech, FinTech and Digital Asset markets. The company’s portfolio spans payment orchestration, digital banking, blockchain, digital compliance and marketplace technologies, serving clients across multiple industries and geographies.
Keeping its core as a boutique technology company, providing Digital Transformation, Business Intelligence and Commerce Strategies with a proprietary portfolio of applications for Banking4.0, Web3.0 and Digital Payments4.0. With an established financial network and FX infrastructure, SMKG empowers its partners and clients to expand globally, offering secure, compliant, and connected digital payment ecosystems for financial growth.
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