Circle and ACI Plan Colombia Pilot to Evaluate USDC Settlement

Circle Internet Group and ACI Worldwide plan a Colombia pilot to help financial institutions evaluate USDC settlement alongside existing payment operations. The companies announced the initiative Oct. 27, pairing Circle’s USDC infrastructure with ACI Connetic, ACI’s cloud-native payments orchestration platform. The pilot is designed to let institutions assess how stablecoin settlement could fit into payment rails, treasury operations, governance frameworks and settlement processes they already use. The companies have not announced a live service for customers. Colombia is the initiative’s initial focus because ACI built central infrastructure powering Bre-B, the country’s interoperable instant-payment system.