Mastercard Introduces Fraud Screening Before Stablecoin Payments Go On-Chain

Mastercard launched Stablecoin Security, a risk-scoring tool for financial institutions to screen stablecoin payments before and during blockchain transfers. The API-based product combines payment intelligence with blockchain data to assess fraud, sanctions and scam risks. Borderless.xyz and Keyrails are initial partners. Mastercard says it can evaluate payment context, fund origin and exposure to restricted parties before a transaction completes.