PANews reported on December 18th that, according to The Block , financial software giant Intuit has signed a multi-year partnership with Circle to integrate USDC stablecoin payments into core products such as TurboTax and QuickBooks for faster, lower-cost settlements such as tax refunds and corporate payments. Circle will provide the USDC infrastructure. Intuit did not disclose a specific launch date, nor did it specify whether users will directly hold USDC or only use it as a back-end payment channel. Previously, Visa launched USDC ( Solana )-based stablecoin settlement services for Bank of America, and Circle has expanded its issuance and distribution with several exchanges (including Bybit ).
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