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Jordan McKee

  • Director, Fintech Research and Advisory Group, S&P Global
  • Fintech Contributor, Forbes
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Head of Fintech Research & Advisory @ S&P; Global | Payments & Fintech | Tweets/opinions are my own | Forbes column here: bit.ly/3qID1es

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Stablecoins: What Role Will Your Bank Play?

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By Jordan McKee
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Stablecoins are emerging as an infrastructure layer for money movement, enabling continuous settlement and programmable financial transactions. The market remains early, but the strategic implications for banks are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Financial services providers are taking notice. Stablecoins were mentioned in 107 earnings calls by banks, fintechs and payments providers in 2025, up from just five in 2024, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.
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Agentic Commerce Is Reshaping Competition Among Payment Providers

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By Jordan McKee
| Forbes Verified
While much of today’s agentic commerce activity remains closer to assisted checkout than fully autonomous purchasing, infrastructure decisions are already being made. Merchant payment teams are not waiting for transaction volumes to materialize before evaluating whether their existing partners are equipped to support the next generation of commerce.
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Mastercard's $1.8B bet on BVNK accelerates stablecoin push

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By Jordan McKee, Sampath Sharma Nariyanuri
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Mastercard Inc. has agreed to acquire BVNK Services Ltd. for $1.5 billion, plus $300 million in earnout, becoming the first large publicly listed traditional payments firm to use M&A to enter the stablecoin infrastructure market. The deal signals a clear bet that stablecoins will move beyond crypto niches to become part of mainstream payment plumbing. Mastercard is positioning itself as an orchestration layer across fiat, stablecoins and tokenized money.
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