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Mandioca and Merkle Science are partnering to strengthen cross-border crypto payments, compliance, and risk management across Latin America. By combining Mandioca’s stablecoin-based payment infrastructure with Merkle Science’s blockchain monitoring and predictive analytics, the partnership delivers greater transparency and control for organizations moving money globally.
Stablecoin adoption in LATAM is accelerating rapidly. Businesses are increasingly using digital assets for cross-border payments to reduce costs, improve settlement speed, and navigate currency volatility. However, crypto compliance infrastructure, transaction monitoring, and risk intelligence capabilities have not scaled at the same pace.
This gap creates real exposure for fintechs, payment providers, and financial institutions operating in the region.
Mandioca provides cross-border payment infrastructure built on stablecoins and integrated with traditional financial rails. Its platform enables businesses to move funds across borders efficiently while maintaining operational flexibility in complex markets.
Merkle Science provides blockchain analytics, transaction monitoring, and predictive risk intelligence. The platform analyzes wallet behavior, identifies high-risk entities, and detects patterns linked to fraud, scams, sanctions exposure, and money laundering.
Together, the integration allows organizations to combine payment execution with real-time crypto compliance. Businesses can monitor transaction flows, assess counterparty risk, and respond to suspicious activity within a single workflow.
Latin America is one of the most active regions for stablecoin usage, driven by demand for faster and more reliable cross-border payments. At the same time, regulatory fragmentation and varying compliance standards across jurisdictions increase operational complexity.
Organizations need blockchain monitoring tools that reflect these realities. This includes:
By embedding risk intelligence directly into payment infrastructure, this partnership helps organizations move from reactive compliance to proactive risk management.
During its partner evaluation, Mandioca prioritized blockchain analytics capabilities that could support scalable compliance frameworks and align with global AML standards.
Merkle Science’s experience working with financial institutions, virtual asset service providers, and law enforcement agencies made it a strong fit. Both companies share a focus on improving transparency in digital asset transactions and strengthening defenses against financial crime.
At the center of this partnership is a clear objective: improving visibility and control in cross-border crypto transactions.
As Leandro Meneses, Founder and CEO of Mandioca Holdings, explains:
“The infrastructure for cross-border payments in LATAM has evolved fast. The compliance layer hasn't. That's exactly the gap this partnership is built to close.”
By integrating blockchain monitoring and risk intelligence into stablecoin payment flows, organizations can operate with stronger compliance, better risk visibility, and greater confidence in global transactions.
For fintechs, payment providers, and financial institutions expanding in LATAM, this partnership provides the infrastructure needed to scale cross-border crypto payments securely and compliantly.
At Merkle Science, we continue to focus on delivering advanced blockchain analytics and crypto compliance solutions that help organizations navigate the evolving digital asset ecosystem.
