Standard Chartered opens direct USDC access for institutional clients

🏦 On July 2, Standard Chartered partnered with Circle to let institutional clients mint and redeem USDC directly through its banking platform, without needing a separate Circle account.

🌐 The service will initially launch at the Dubai International Financial Centre, with the key highlight being an integrated model led by a G-SIB bank for USDC minting and redemption access.

💵 Instead of managing separate processes with the bank and Circle, institutional clients can access USDC through a single onboarding and service experience, reducing friction in compliance and liquidity operations.

🔗 This is a positive signal for institutional stablecoin adoption, as USDC moves closer to traditional banking infrastructure across treasury, settlement and on-chain payments.

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