Polygon Extends Its Payment Network to Solana
Polygon Labs is expanding its Open Money Stack payments infrastructure to Solana, creating a connection between Solana-based stablecoin activity and services that help businesses move funds through traditional financial channels. The integration is designed to give companies access to bank funding, digital wallets, cross-chain transfers and payouts through a single setup.
The agreement brings together two blockchain networks that have historically competed for developers, users and transaction activity. It does not merge Polygon and Solana or require businesses to leave one network for the other. Instead, companies can continue using Solana for stablecoin transfers while accessing Polygon's payment infrastructure to connect with bank accounts and other financial services.
The move comes as banks and payment providers explore stablecoins for transfers and settlement. Businesses increasingly need ways to connect blockchain-based funds with existing financial systems, while avoiding the cost and complexity of building separate payment connections for every blockchain.
How the Open Money Stack Integration Works
Polygon's Open Money Stack is designed to bring several payment functions together. Businesses using the infrastructure can accept bank transfers, card payments and cash through supported providers, create customer wallets, move assets between blockchains and send funds to bank accounts.
By extending this infrastructure to Solana, Polygon is seeking to make those services available to companies whose stablecoin activity already takes place on the Solana network. The arrangement allows businesses to use Solana for onchain transactions while relying on Polygon's connections and payment services for parts of the broader money movement process.
Jamal Raees, general manager of payments at the Solana Foundation, said the partnership gives companies access to Polygon's regulated payment services without requiring them to leave Solana. He said the focus is on making it easier for payment and stablecoin activity to continue scaling on the network.
Stablecoin Activity Creates an Incentive to Cooperate
The companies point to the scale of stablecoin transfers on their respective networks as a reason to make their infrastructure work together. Raees said Solana had recorded more than $5.7 trillion in stablecoin transfers so far in 2026. Polygon, meanwhile, has recorded more than $3 trillion in total transfers since its launch.
These figures include transfers between wallets and should not be interpreted as measurements of purchases, merchant payments or economic activity alone. Even so, they illustrate the volume of assets moving across the networks and the potential demand for services that connect blockchain transactions with traditional payment channels.
Aishwary Gupta, global head of business at Polygon Labs, said businesses should not have to rebuild their payment infrastructure every time they work with a different blockchain. His comments reflect Polygon's broader effort to position Open Money Stack as a payments layer that companies can use across multiple networks.
Kira Uses Solana and Polygon for Cross-Border Payments
Kira is among the first companies using the new integration. The cross-border payments firm uses Solana for stablecoin transfers and Polygon's banking connections to help customers pay overseas suppliers in U.S. dollars.
The example illustrates how the partnership is intended to work in practice: a company can use a blockchain where its stablecoin activity already takes place and connect that activity to payment services that support transfers into traditional financial channels. The integration is aimed at businesses that need both onchain settlement and access to banking infrastructure.
Raees said banks entering the stablecoin market want to connect their existing systems to multiple blockchains without developing separate payment infrastructure for each network. Access to additional payment connections, he said, can help support wider adoption across the industry.
Polygon Expands Its Payments Strategy
The Solana integration is part of Polygon's wider push into payments and banking infrastructure. Polygon has also added support for TRON to Open Money Stack and acquired Coinme, a U.S. crypto payments company. These moves extend the company's focus beyond its own blockchain network and toward services that connect digital assets with established payment systems.
The approach also reflects a shift in how blockchain networks may work with one another. Rather than requiring businesses to choose a single ecosystem for every part of their operations, payment infrastructure can provide connections between networks and financial providers.
Polygon's partnership with Solana does not remove the differences between the two blockchains or establish a merger between them. It creates an additional route for businesses to combine Solana-based stablecoin transfers with Polygon's payment services.
For companies operating across borders, the practical value will depend on the providers, banking connections and payment routes available to them. The integration nevertheless gives businesses another way to connect blockchain-based funds with traditional financial services while keeping their existing Solana activity in place.
