How Coins.ph Is Building the Infrastructure Behind Business Payments

BY
Ram Lhoyd Sevilla
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Aug 17, 2026

For many businesses, moving money remains more complicated than receiving it. Whether processing payroll, paying suppliers, settling marketplace sellers, or transferring funds across borders, companies often navigate multiple financial providers, foreign exchange conversions, banking cut-off times, and settlement delays. While consumers have grown accustomed to instant digital payments, the infrastructure supporting many business transactions still relies on fragmented and time-bound systems.

This is where Coins.ph  makes the biggest impact., The BSP-regulated platform is increasingly leveraging blockchain technology and is using   stablecoins as the settlement layer behind enterprise payments. The company aims to simplify how businesses move money by combining blockchain-based settlement with familiar local banking rails and payment channels.

Solving an Infrastructure Problem

For businesses operating internationally, payment workflows often involve several intermediaries before funds reach their final destination. International transfers may pass through correspondent banking networks, while domestic payouts require separate integrations with banks or payment providers. Each additional hop in this chain adds its own cost—outbound wire fees of up to $50, correspondent bank deductions of up to $50 per intermediary, and FX markups as high as 3.5%—layering fees that compound the more intermediaries a transaction has to pass through.

Coins.ph’s enterprise platform is designed to reduce that complexity by bringing these functions together under a single infrastructure layer. Instead of treating blockchain as a standalone product, the platform uses it to facilitate settlement while businesses continue transacting through familiar financial channels. The result is a payments experience intended to feel conventional for finance teams, even as blockchain technology operates behind the scenes.

Stablecoins Beyond Trading

Stablecoins have traditionally been associated with cryptocurrency exchanges, but Coins.ph is positioning them differently for businesses.

Within Coins.ph's payment infrastructure, stablecoins such as USDT and USDC serve as the settlement layer before transactions are converted into Philippine pesos and routed through domestic payment networks.

International transfers can be settled using stablecoins before funds are disbursed through local bank accounts, InstaPay, PESONet, or major e-wallets. By handling blockchain settlement in the background, businesses can continue using familiar payout channels without needing to manage digital assets directly.  

The approach reflects a broader trend across financial services, where blockchain is increasingly being deployed as backend infrastructure rather than a consumer-facing product.

One Integration for Multiple Payment Rails

Instead of connecting separately to cryptocurrency exchanges, foreign exchange providers, and domestic banking systems, businesses integrate once through a single API that manages payment routing across multiple rails.  

For organizations that do not require custom software development, Coins.ph also provides a web portal that supports bulk disbursements through standard CSV uploads. This allows companies to process payroll, supplier payments, or marketplace payouts without building dedicated payment infrastructure.  

The platform also supports funding transactions using either fiat currency or stablecoins, giving businesses flexibility in how they manage treasury operations and cross-border settlements.  

Serving Businesses of Different Sizes

Although enterprise payment infrastructure is often associated with large corporations, Coins.ph supports businesses across different stages of growth.

According to  Adrian Cortez, Regional Sales Director at Coins.ph, Coins.ph accommodates a broad range of merchants provided they meet standard onboarding requirements.

“We’re catering to all types of merchants as long as they have the relevant documents.”

He said this includes organizations ranging from major retailers to neighborhood businesses.

“Whether it’s a big corporation, a big supermarket, or your local mom and pops, like a pet shop, or a barber shop.”

Cortez explained that onboarding primarily requires standard business documentation, including permits, registration records, and valid identification for authorized representatives.  

Building Around Digital Finance

The company’s enterprise strategy reflects a broader effort to expand beyond cryptocurrency trading and consumer wallets.

During the same briefing, Emmanuel Ignacio, Business Development and Marketing Manager at Coins.ph, said the company’s focus remains centered on digital finance rather than attempting to become a broad “super app.”

“We are very clear on what we want to do well, which is digital finance.”

Ignacio said that focus extends to building practical financial tools for both consumers and businesses.

“Coins is not just an app that they can buy and sell crypto with. It is also a platform where they can manage funds, use their accounts for everyday transactions.”

For business users, he said the platform combines payment acceptance with access to an existing digital user base.

“The interesting intersection is one, crypto; two, finance; and three, merchant solutions—and we are focused on making that useful for both our users and also our businesses.”

From Consumer Payments to Enterprise Infrastructure

Coins.ph has spent much of the past several years expanding consumer-facing services, including QR payments, merchant acceptance, remittances, and digital asset trading.

Rather than asking businesses to adopt blockchain as a new operating model, the platform seeks to integrate blockchain into existing payment workflows—using stablecoins where they improve settlement while delivering funds through payment channels companies already use.

In that sense, the company’s enterprise strategy is less about promoting cryptocurrency itself and more about modernizing how businesses move money. As stablecoins increasingly find applications beyond trading, Coins.ph is positioning them not as the product customers interact with, but as infrastructure powering payments behind the scenes.

Ram Lhoyd Sevilla

A Web3 and technology writer focused on the intersection of blockchain, AI, and macro trends. His works examine how emerging technologies influence policy, markets, and society, particularly in the Philippine context.

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