A7 International enables USDT payments for foreign invoices via SWIFT

The Russian fintech platform lets businesses pay invoices in USDT while recipients receive standard bank transfers in their chosen currency. Cross-border payments have always been the slow, expensive relative nobody wants at the table. SWIFT transfers take days, correspondent banks take their cut, and currency conversion adds another layer of friction. A7 International is betting there is a better on-ramp, and it runs through a stablecoin. The Moscow-based fintech platform launched a service on October 13, 2024, that lets senders settle foreign invoices using USDT on the TRON network, while recipients collect the funds as a conventional SWIFT transfer in…