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Polygon extends its Open Money Stack to payments on Solana

The integration announced October 29 connects bank funding, wallets, cross-network transfers, and fiat payouts. Businesses can use the complete stack or only the components useful to their service.

Polygon extends its Open Money Stack to payments on Solana — original conceptual illustration

A payment journey that keeps Solana in place

Polygon announced on October 29, 2026, that its Open Money Stack now supports Solana. The offering targets businesses wanting to connect a bank payment to a stablecoin balance and then to a payment or withdrawal into banking rails. The integration does not require moving the entire product to the Polygon blockchain. Solana can remain the application's chosen network while the infrastructure coordinates funding, custody, conversion, and payouts.

Polygon says available funding methods include bank transfers, cards, cash, and cryptocurrency, with custodial or embedded wallets. This catalog describes capabilities; it does not guarantee that every combination is available in every country or to every business. A payment service still needs to define its commercial scope and the routes actually open to its customers. The announced objective is chiefly to reduce the number of separate systems needed for a complete transfer.

Accounts and conversions use a common interface

The integration brings virtual accounts to identify incoming payments and programmable wallets on Solana. According to the release, those wallets use the same interface as the offering's EVM wallets. For a platform paying sellers or creators, the arrangement can help reconcile incoming funds with the intended beneficiary. It does not remove the need for a reliable ledger: a technically executed transfer must still be matched to the right account and commercial obligation.

Polygon names USDC, USDT, PYUSD, SOL, and wrapped SOL among supported assets on routes connecting Solana, TRON, and EVM networks. It gives the example of a payment received from Ethereum ending on Solana. To the end user, the journey can appear as a single operation. Behind the scenes, conversion and movement remain separate stages; the chosen route's terms determine assets received, fees, and any transfer limits.

Bank payouts remain part of the service

The offering includes conversion of stablecoins on Solana into dollars, followed by payment to a bank account, card, or certain cash locations. Polygon highlights regulated infrastructure supporting these funding and payout operations. This layer connects blockchain to everyday payment methods. It addresses a different problem from Solana transaction speed alone: a user may receive a token quickly but still need local access to use its value in fiat currency.

Businesses can adopt the full journey or retain their own components, including wallets, accounting, or compliance. The announcement is therefore relevant to payment applications, marketplaces, and treasury services managing multiple networks. It does not promise universal payments without constraints. Deployment checks still include country coverage, each payout's terms, and handling of incomplete operations. The new development is Solana support in this chain of services, presented as available and modular.

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