The twilight of SWIFT: How can commercial banks use stablecoins to achieve T+0 global settlement and eat up 30% of the profit pool of correspondent banks?

Here's the English translation: Driven by Stripe's acquisition of Bridge and progress on the GENIUS Act, stablecoin-related headlines have experienced explosive growth over the past six months. From large bank CEOs to payment company product managers and government officials, key decision-makers are increasingly mentioning and praising stablecoins. Stablecoins are built on four core pillars: - Instant settlement (T+0, significantly reducing working capital requirements); - Extremely low transaction costs (especially compared to the SWIFT system); - Global accessibility (24/7, only requiring network connection); - Programmability (money driven by extended coding logic). These pillars perfectly explain the advantages of stablecoins highlighted in various headlines, blog posts, and interviews. Therefore, while the argument for "why stablecoins are needed" is easy to understand, "how to apply stablecoins" is much more complex - currently, there is little specific content explaining how to integrate stablecoins into existing business models, whether from fintech product managers or bank CEOs. Based on this, we decided to write this advanced guide to provide an entry-level guide for non-crypto enterprises exploring stablecoin applications. The article will be divided into four independent chapters, corresponding to different business models. Each chapter will analyze in detail: where stablecoins can create value, specific implementation paths, and a schematic diagram of the transformed product architecture. Ultimately, while headlines are important, what we truly pursue is the large-scale application of stablecoins - enabling real business scenarios to use stablecoins at scale. We hope this article can be a small cornerstone in realizing this vision. Now, let's delve into how non-crypto enterprises can currently use stablecoins. [The rest of the translation follows the same professional and accurate approach, maintaining the original structure and technical terminology.]

Enterprises in high-inflation countries anchor their balance sheets with US dollars.

Product Architecture Example (Stablecoin-Based Commercial Banking Services)

Payroll Service Providers

For payroll platforms, the greatest value of stablecoins lies in serving employers who need to pay salaries to employees in emerging markets. Cross-border payments or payments in countries with weak financial infrastructure create significant costs for payroll platforms—these costs may be absorbed by the platform, passed on to employers, or inevitably deducted from contractor compensation. For payroll service providers, the most easily achievable opportunity is to open stablecoin payment channels.

As previously mentioned, cross-border stablecoin transfers from the US financial system to contractors' digital wallets are almost cost-free and instantaneous (depending on fiat entry configuration). Although contractors may still need to convert to fiat currency (incurring fees), they can instantly receive payments anchored to the world's strongest currency. Multiple pieces of evidence show increasing demand for stablecoins in emerging markets:

• Users are willing to pay an average premium of about 4.7% to obtain US dollar stablecoins;
• In countries like Argentina, this premium can reach up to 30%;
• Stablecoins are becoming increasingly popular among contractors and freelancers in regions like Latin America;
• Freelancer-focused applications like Airtm are experiencing exponential growth in stablecoin usage and user base;
• Critically, a user base has already formed: over 250 million digital wallets have actively used stablecoins in the past 12 months, with more people willing to accept stablecoin payments.

Beyond speed and end-user cost savings, stablecoins offer numerous benefits to enterprise clients using payroll services. First, stablecoins are notably more transparent and customizable. According to a recent fintech survey, 66% of payroll professionals lack tools to understand their actual costs with banks and payment partners. Fees are often opaque, and processes are confusing. Secondly, today's payroll payment execution typically involves extensive manual work, consuming financial department resources. Beyond payment execution, there are numerous other considerations from accounting to taxes to bank reconciliation, and stablecoins are programmable with a built-in ledger (blockchain), significantly enhancing automation capabilities (such as batch timed payments) and accounting abilities (like automatic smart contract calculations, withholding, and record-keeping systems).

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Enterprises that go beyond the proof of concept stage and truly integrate and deploy stablecoin solutions will far surpass their competitors in cost savings, revenue enhancement, and market expansion. It is worth mentioning that the aforementioned actual benefits are supported by numerous existing integration partners and upcoming clear legislative support, both of which will significantly reduce execution risks. Now is the best time to build stablecoin solutions.