MoneyGram expands on Solana with global crypto-to-cash service

Wallets and apps on Solana can now tap MoneyGram's global network to move between digital assets and local currencies.

MoneyGram expands on Solana with global crypto-to-cash service

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MoneyGram expands on Solana with global crypto-to-cash service

Wallets and apps on Solana can now tap MoneyGram's global network to move between digital assets and local currencies.

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Anthony Soohoo, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram, speaking at Consensus 2026 (CoinDesk)

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MoneyGram is extending its cash-to-crypto service, MoneyGram Ramps, to the Solana blockchain, allowing wallets, exchanges and developers on Solana to connect to its global cash network.

The service lets users convert between cash and digital assets, supporting cash deposits in more than 25 countries and withdrawals in more than 170 countries and territories.

The move deepens MoneyGram’s push into stablecoin-based payments and remittances, building on its earlier USDC cash-on/off-ramp with Stellar and the launch of its own dollar-backed stablecoin, MGUSD.

MoneyGram is bringing its cash-to-crypto infrastructure to Solana (SOL), extending the money-transfer company's push into blockchain rails to connect stablecoins and digital wallets with its sprawling global cash network.

The company said Tuesday that MoneyGram Ramps has become available to wallets, exchanges and developers building on Solana. The service lets users convert cash into digital assets or cash them out through MoneyGram's payment network without each crypto app having to build its own connections to banks and cash outlets.

The service allows someone holding crypto in a supported wallet to turn it into local currency using MoneyGram's network. Users can also deposit cash to access digital assets. Ramps supports cash deposits in more than 25 countries and withdrawals across more than 170 countries and territories, the firm said.

The move comes as stablecoins are increasingly being used beyond crypto trading, in payments and remittances. Fintechs, banks and payment companies are increasingly experimenting with dollar-pegged tokens to move money across borders without relying on chains of correspondent banks.

MoneyGram, which serves roughly 60 million active customers,

views

blockchain rails as a way to make cross-border transfers faster, cheaper and easier to track, without requiring customers to think about the technology powering them. Ramps fits into the vision as it connects digital assets into MoneyGram’s extensive brick-and-mortar network to help everyday customers turn tokens into local cash.

“The future of payments is built on access,” MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo said in a statement. “Bringing MoneyGram Ramps to Solana is another step toward building a truly open, global payments network.”

MoneyGram has spent several years building connections between its traditional payments network and crypto. In 2022, it rolled out a service with the Stellar Development Foundation that allowed users to move between cash and Circle's USDC stablecoin through its retail network, giving crypto wallets a physical entry and exit point for digital dollars.

The firm took that strategy further in June,

announcing

MGUSD, its own dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Bridge, the stablecoin infrastructure company owned by Stripe, on the Stellar

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network.

The company has also been deepening its ties with Solana,

becoming

a validator in June, helping process and secure transactions on the network.

MoneyGram was also

listed

as a one of the partners in Open USD, the Stripe-led stablecoin initiative that aims to share revenue with a consortium of backers.

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