Payments infrastructure provider Fuse has launched its USD virtual accounts solution, providing financial institutions (FIs) and regulated entities with a swift and reliable mechanism for US Dollar clearing into emerging markets. The platform addresses a critical structural gap in global finance, enabling organisations to bypass the traditional settlement delays that plague cross-border commerce, particularly across Asia and the Middle East.
The new product is specifically designed to grant organisations true USD capabilities for international use without the heavy requirement of local incorporation in the United States. Instead, the platform allows FIs to open named, US-domiciled virtual accounts, enabling them to clear funds in the name of the virtual account holder in under an hour. This near-instant settlement speed directly challenges the long-held assumption that USD correspondent infrastructure must inherently be slow for emerging market flows.
Fuse is already seeing immediate traction for the solution, reporting transaction volumes growing by more than 100 per cent month over month, quickly doubling the company’s existing United Arab Emirates (AED) business. This rapid acceleration points to significant pent-up demand for high-speed, compliant dollar clearing infrastructure across fast-growing regions.
The key differentiator, according to the firm, is not the payment rail itself, but the compliance layer built around it. “The rail itself isn’t the limiting factor,” explained George Davis, CEO of Fuse. “The same USD correspondent infrastructure can take minutes for one company and days for another. The difference is compliance. By combining local and global compliance, we unlock speed.”
This approach reflects a growing industry belief that modern clearing infrastructure for emerging markets must be engineered with deep local compliance expertise, rather than simply retrofitting legacy global systems. For FIs, this integration of local and global compliance simplifies their complex regulatory burden, ensuring payments are processed safely and adhere to international standards without the common friction points that lead to payment rejections or multi-day delays.
The use cases for this rapid dollar clearing are expansive and address key pain points for global enterprises operating across borders. Payment Service Providers (PSPs) and trading platforms can now enable faster cross-border flows, providing better liquidity and user experience for their global customers. Multinational companies can manage payroll across multiple emerging markets with greater efficiency, while high-value purchasing enterprises gain the speed necessary for major transactions. Furthermore, the growing creator economy benefits from accelerated payouts, improving cash flow for creators and platforms alike.
The ability to provide a US-domiciled account with named account clearing capabilities is particularly potent for firms seeking to expand into the Middle East and Asia. Often, global expansion is hampered by the need to navigate complex local licensing requirements in every new jurisdiction. Fuse’s platform provides a streamlined path to market entry, enabling global scale without the usual regulatory and logistical hurdles.
By focusing on a scaleable, API-first architecture, Fuse empowers clients to embed instant payment experiences and instant reconciliation directly into their systems. This modern, tech-first approach to a legacy problem marks a significant step toward closing the structural gap in the global financial system that has historically disadvantaged emerging markets with slow, opaque, and unreliable dollar clearing mechanisms. The launch underscores Fuse’s commitment to building a financial ecosystem tailored for the demands of the modern, borderless enterprise.
