[SoFi Partners with Mastercard to Support SoFiUSD Stablecoin Settlement on Global Payment Network] BlockBeats News, March 3: SoFi, the first nationally chartered bank in the U.S. to offer Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading, announced plans to provide SoFiUSD as a settlement currency through Mastercard's global payment network. SoFi's technology platform, Galileo, is expected to be among the first platforms to offer SoFiUSD settlement transaction options for its payment card customers and issuing banks. Mastercard and SoFi also stated that they will explore more interoperable application scenarios across stablecoins, fiat currencies, and tokenized assets, including programmable treasury applications and new payment and fund flow scenarios, provided they comply with regulatory considerations.