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ENTITIES · Bank of America / Citi

How the World Cup boosted BofA's payments

"While there may not be a direct FIFA tie-in for stablecoins, what we don't know is if vendors are using stablecoins on the back end for international payments," Majeske said. "Banks and payment companies have to be prepared for that." Executive Editor, Payments John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.

DATE VERIFICATIONVerified: July 21, 2026
CAPTUREDJul 22, 11:52 AM
EVIDENCE TIERB1 · Independent / regulatory corroboration
TRACE IDhow-the-world-cup-boosted-bofa-s-payments-6234207f
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How the World Cup boosted BofA's payments

Evidence tier: B1 Evidence type: Independent payments trade media report Source: American Banker — Payments Intelligence Published: 2026-07-21 Captured: 2026-07-22T15:52:54.192Z

Source summary

"While there may not be a direct FIFA tie-in for stablecoins, what we don't know is if vendors are using stablecoins on the back end for international payments," Majeske said. "Banks and payment companies have to be prepared for that." Executive Editor, Payments John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker.

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Topics and entities

  • Industry lane: Agentic payments
  • Entities: Bank of America / Citi
  • AI-native finance
  • Cross-border payments

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Date evidence: Automatically verified from article:published_time: 2026-07-21T19:48:45.118

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