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Hecto Financial joins global stablecoin OpenUSD alliance, expands payment infrastructure

Hecto Financial will join Open Standard, a global corporate alliance for the dollar-based stablecoin OpenUSD (OUSD), as a network partner, it said on Wednesday. The alliance includes about 160 companies such as Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Coinbase. Hecto Financial said it is reviewing plans to use OUSD for overseas remittances and corporate payments and settlement, and to offer different infrastructures such as Circle Payments Network and OUSD depending on clients and countries.

Crypto

Ripple targets AI agent payments market with expanded XRP, RLUSD support

Ripple is expanding the use of the XRP Ledger in AI-based payments by adding support for XRP and its dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD to the Machine Payments Protocol developed by Stripe and Tempo. The integration is delivered through the XRPL AI Starter Kit 1.1, enabling developers to build AI agents that execute payments and manage blockchain wallets. Ripple also added payment channels and released new developer tools, while noting the change does not add crypto directly to Stripe’s existing products.

AI & Enterprise

Salesforce expands AI alliance with AWS and Google Cloud, breaks down data barriers

Salesforce expanded data and AI integration across AWS and Google Cloud, unveiling wider integration plans at Dreamforce 2026. On AWS, Amazon Q can use Salesforce business context through the Model Context Protocol, access real-time CRM data and carry out autonomous tasks. Slack integration will deepen with AWS Frontier Agents. Salesforce also broadened Agentforce model options via Amazon Bedrock and expanded zero-copy integration coverage. On Google Cloud, Salesforce is migrating services via Hyperforce and strengthened ties with Gemini Enterprise, Agentforce and Commerce Cloud.