VelaFi, a financial infrastructure company that uses stablecoins to move money for businesses across Latin America, Asia and the United States through regulated entities, has partnered with Nilos, a European cross-border payments company that operates regulated payment infrastructure across Europe, the UK, Africa and the Middle East. The partnership connects VelaFi's network with Nilos's payment corridors, extending coverage across Europe, Latin America, Asia and the United States.
The companies pointed to global stablecoin market growth as context for the partnership. The market reached $315 billion in early 2026, according to the Federal Reserve, while real-world stablecoin payments doubled in 2025 to $400 billion, with 60 percent of that volume coming from B2B transactions, according to FXC Intel.
Through the partnership, VelaFi's clients gain access to settlement across the EU and UK, local payouts in African and Middle Eastern markets, and USD clearing through SWIFT and direct payment rails, all without VelaFi or its clients needing to establish new banking relationships or obtain licensing in each market. Nilos provides live settlement in currencies including USD, EUR, GBP, AED, NGN, XAF and XOF.
Matias Reyes, Financial Institution Business Development Director at VelaFi, described the problem the partnership is meant to solve for businesses operating across borders:
"For years, businesses expanding across borders have had to choose between moving fast and staying compliant. This partnership changes that. With Nilos our clients can now operate across continents through a single, regulated network — without rebuilding their payments infrastructure every time they enter a new market."
Eytan Messika, Founder and CEO at Nilos, framed the partnership around a recurring problem for companies expanding internationally:
"Every business expanding across borders eventually hits the same wall: moving the money is solved, but finding a regulated partner on the other end is not. We built Nilos to be that partner in the corridors everyone else avoids. By connecting to VelaFi, a client in São Paulo or Singapore can now reach Europe, Africa, and the Middle East through one regulated relationship instead of stitching together five. That is what infrastructure is for. You build it once so no one else has to."
The companies said the partnership is structured around shared regulatory compliance in their respective markets, which they said allows the combined network to scale. Both companies described this phase of the partnership as the first step in a broader alliance, with plans to extend coverage as their networks grow.
