Cregis and Interlace Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Enterprise Digital Asset Payment Infrastructure

Cregis and Interlace today announced a strategic partnership aimed at building an integrated digital asset operating stack for enterprises worldwide. By combining strengths across secure custody, stablecoin payments, crypto card programs, enterprise compliance, industry engagement, and ecosystem development, the partnership seeks to help businesses manage the full lifecycle of digital assets — from custody and treasury management to real-world payments and spending.

Payments as the Meeting Point of Infrastructure and Experience

The digital asset economy is entering a new phase, where payment experience is becoming a key competitive advantage for enterprises. As businesses rethink how funds move, how assets are stored, and how cross-border, multi-currency payments can be executed more efficiently, expectations for financial infrastructure continue to grow.

Against this backdrop, both Cregis and Interlace have built deep expertise in their respective domains. Interlace has developed a comprehensive product suite covering stablecoin payments, enterprise digital banking, and treasury management, enabling Web3 projects, trading platforms, AI companies, and cross-border businesses to bridge traditional financial systems with on-chain asset networks.

Together, the two companies aim to deliver a more complete infrastructure layer for enterprise digital asset operations — spanning institutional-grade MPC custody and payment engines, fiat and stablecoin on/off-ramps, multi-currency business accounts, card issuance, and stablecoin-powered global payment solutions. The goal is to provide enterprises with payment infrastructure that is secure, scalable, and operationally efficient across global markets.

Michael Wu, Founder and CEO of Interlace, said:

“More enterprises are integrating digital assets into their core payment workflows and treasury operations. What businesses need today is not just a functional product, but infrastructure that can balance security, scalability, compliance, and operational efficiency at a global level. Cregis brings deep expertise in custody security and digital asset operations, which makes this partnership especially meaningful for us.”

Compliance as a Competitive Enabler Across Markets

As digital asset regulation continues to evolve globally, enterprises operating across multiple jurisdictions are facing increasingly complex compliance and risk management requirements.

Both Cregis and Interlace operate under regulatory frameworks across multiple markets. Interlace holds financial licenses in key jurisdictions including the United States, Canada, and Hong Kong, and maintains PCI-DSS Level 1 certification — the highest security standard in the payments industry. Cregis holds licenses in core markets including Hong Kong and Anjouan, and is certified under ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II standards.

Both companies believe compliance is no longer simply a regulatory requirement, but a foundational capability for enterprises expanding globally. As regulatory expectations continue to rise across major digital asset markets, the partnership aims to help businesses build cross-border compliance capabilities more efficiently, without having to develop complex frameworks from scratch.

Shawn Yan, CEO of Cregis, said:

“Our partnership with Interlace is rooted in a shared goal: building infrastructure that better serves the real needs of enterprises and lowers the barriers to operating digital assets in a compliant manner. At the same time, we see this collaboration as an opportunity to foster more open dialogue with businesses, industry peers, and regulators — helping drive the responsible and scalable adoption of digital assets, step by step.”

Building for the AI-Native Enterprise

The rapid rise of AI agents is also creating a new wave of demand for payment and financial infrastructure within the digital asset industry, and both Cregis and Interlace are actively building toward this future.

Interlace recently introduced Agent Card, a payment card purpose-built for AI agents. The product supports programmable controls over spending limits, merchant categories, and usage windows, providing a secure and controllable infrastructure layer for autonomous machine-driven payments.

As AI-native business models continue to emerge, payment infrastructure will increasingly need to support not only human users, but autonomous agents as well. In response to growing enterprise demand around treasury management, security boundaries, and autonomous payments, both companies believe infrastructure providers must stay ahead in defining secure and controllable frameworks — and have already begun exploring product-level collaboration in this area.

From the Field to the Network

Prior to this strategic partnership, Cregis and Interlace had already established a strong foundation for collaboration.

In February 2025, the two companies co-hosted the “Institutional Payments and On-chain Financial Infrastructure Summit” during Consensus Hong Kong, bringing together industry leaders across institutional payments, on-chain infrastructure, and regulatory compliance to discuss the evolution of digital asset payments and enterprise-grade financial infrastructure.

This partnership represents a deeper alignment between the two ecosystems, extending collaboration into the payments and consumer layer — including card issuance, fiat on/off-ramps, multi-currency operations, and broader enterprise financial infrastructure capabilities. Beyond product collaboration, both companies will continue investing in industry dialogue through joint summits, forums, and community initiatives, contributing to greater knowledge sharing and real-world adoption.

As digital asset payments move further toward mainstream adoption, enterprises are placing increasing importance on security, global operational capabilities, and compliance readiness. Looking ahead, Cregis and Interlace will continue deepening both product collaboration and ecosystem engagement to help enterprises manage, move, and utilize digital assets more efficiently across real-world business scenarios.

About Interlace

Founded in 2019, Interlace is a leading stablecoin infrastructure that bridges on‑chain and off‑chain financial systems — enabling businesses to issue cards, manage balances, and settle funds seamlessly. Trusted by more than 12,000 global businesses, Interlace has issued over 7 million cards and processed more than $15 billion in transaction volume across global payment networks.

Built for Web3 projects, exchanges, neobanks, and cross‑border commerce, Interlace now powers AI agent payments — giving autonomous agents the ability to initiate, authorize, and settle transactions within defined rules.

Operating in strict compliance with global regulations, Interlace holds the highest security certification in the international card payment industry (PCI‑DSS Level‑1) and is licensed in the United States, Canada, and Hong Kong.

To learn more, visit:  www.interlace.money