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The company is extending its reach worldwide, enabling businesses to offer cards native to dollars and stablecoins to their global users, without needing a physical presence in each market.
New York, June 30, 2026.
Pomelo, the modular financial infrastructure company that enables banks, fintechs, and companies across any industry to launch and scale payment solutions, today announced its global expansion with a global card.
With this launch, Pomelo becomes the only platform to combine local card issuing across Latin America with global card issuing through a single infrastructure, setting a new standard for the payments industry.
A global card program powered by Pomelo removes many of the traditional barriers to international expansion, including the need to set up legal entities, obtain licenses, connect with local providers, and build operations country by country. Through a single partner and a single API integration, issuers can now deploy local, global, or both card programs based on their growth strategy, without a physical presence, regulatory licenses, or local operations in every market.
Global Issuing With a Single Partner
Global issuing enables fintechs, banks, and enterprises to offer cards to users around the world without building standalone operations in each country. This allows companies to validate demand and business traction before committing to long-term local investments, all while operating globally and efficiently.
The solution includes Visa and Mastercard virtual card issuing, Apple Pay and Google Pay digital wallets, global production and distribution of physical cards, and real-time settlement in U.S. dollars or stablecoins, among other capabilities.
"Latin America runs on multiple payment rails: cards, account-to-account transfers, and now stablecoins, too. It's a multi-rail ecosystem operating across a region shaped by regulatory complexity. The opportunity isn't choosing a single rail, it's combining them wisely. At Pomelo, we've built Latin America's most modern payments infrastructure, enabling customers to launch innovative payment experiences aligned with each country's regulations through a single integration. Our local and global card programs are a clear example: businesses can operate in local currency, U.S. dollars, or stablecoins, depending on what makes the most sense for each use case," - Gastón Irigoyen, CEO and Co-founder of Pomelo.
Global card issuing is already live, with Pomelo serving clients across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, including Western Union, BBVA, Santander, Coppel, Kavak, DiDi, Binance, ARQ, AstroPay, and PayJoy.
"Historically, expanding a card program meant building infrastructure, operations, and financial relationships in every new market. Global Card simplifies that process, enabling our clients to launch across multiple countries from a centralized operating model, with greater speed and less complexity," explained Alfonso Torreguitar, Head of Global Card at Pomelo.
Growing Global Demand
Beyond its local and global issuing products, Pomelo offers complementary solutions such as issuer processing, card tokenization, fraud prevention, credit core, loyalty programs, AI-powered chargeback management, and corporate spend management.
“The interest we're noticing from companies around the world confirms that the need for global issuing infrastructure transcends geographies, industries, and business models. More and more companies are looking to expand faster with less operational complexity, and Global Card was built to make that possible," added Torreguitar.
About Pomelo
Pomelo has raised more than US$160 million from investment funds including Kaszek, Monashees, Insight Partners, and Index Ventures. It has offices in 5 countries and more than 170 corporate clients, including international banks and global unicorns. Pomelo has been recognized by the World Economic Forum, Endeavor, Mastercard, and Visa, among other organizations.
