Mexican Giant Grupo Salinas Partners with Anchorage for Stablecoin Payments

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Mexican Giant Grupo Salinas Taps Anchorage Digital for Stablecoin Payments

Coinpro, a cryptocurrency exchange from Grupo Salinas, is partnering with Anchorage to use their stablecoin services for international payments. Carlos Dias Afonso of Grupo Salinas suggested this could lead to even more benefits for customers of Grupo Elektra through expanded stablecoin options.

  • Key Takeaways:

  • Mexico’s Grupo Salinas partnered with Anchorage to launch a stablecoin solution for Coinpro’s payments.
  • Anchorage CEO Nathan McCauley notes that digital dollars have become core infrastructure for finance.
  • Next, services could be expanded to Grupo Elektra, with Ricardo Salinas’ support, who allocated 70% to bitcoin.

Anchorage Digital And Grupo Salinas Partner On Stablecoin Implementation

Stablecoins have become one of the key use cases for blockchain technology, and more financial institutions around the world are shifting their business model to introduce them into their workflows.

Grupo Salinas, one of the largest business conglomerates in Mexico, with dozens of companies, has partnered with Anchorage Digital, a cryptocurrency services company, to integrate stablecoins in its cross-border payment flows. Coinpro, a cryptocurrency platform owned by the group, will integrate Anchorage’s Stablecoin Solutions for Banks to “compress settlement cycles” in its cross-border operations.

Anchorage claims that its stablecoin solution offers international institutions the ability to include stablecoin-based operations with embedded compliance for cross-border payments and treasury operations.

Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, stressed that stablecoins were moving to become core bank infrastructure. “Grupo Salinas shares our conviction that digital dollars will power the next generation of cross-border finance, and we’re proud to partner in bringing that vision to life,” he declared

Carlos Díaz Alonso, CEO of Commission-Based Business at Grupo Salinas, suggested that Grupo Elektra could soon offer similar services. He explained that the partnership with Anchorage Digital will help Grupo Salinas improve its business and create better experiences for Grupo Elektra’s customers.

Grupo Elektra is part of the Grupo Salinas family of companies. It includes Banco Azteca, which offers financial services specifically to people in Mexico with limited incomes.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas and a public bitcoin supporter, had been trying to accomplish years ago, hinting at the possibility of selling bitcoin in Grupo Elektra’s retail stores. Salinas, who has allocated 70% of his portfolio to bitcoin, has complained about regulations stopping banks from launching bitcoin solutions in Mexico.

The development comes after Anchorage recently partnered with remittance giant Western Union to issue USDPT, its own stablecoin.

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2026-05-15 05:46