MoneyGram Ramps Goes Live on Solana, Shoulder-Taps Rift as First Integration

MoneyGram, the 85-year-old payments giant with nearly half a million retail locations worldwide, is bringing Ramps to Solana, bringing one of the industry’s leading cash-crypto transfer tools to its most widely used network.

 

MoneyGram Ramps, a developer API for moving seamlessly between cash and crypto, hands Solana wallets and developers a direct line into fiat across more than 170 countries, and signals that legacy payments companies now see the network as core stablecoin territory.

Rift, an emerging AI-powered trading platform and wallet backed by industry heavyweights like a16z and Sequoia Capital, has been named as the first provider to integrate MoneyGram’s new API.

The launch comes following a strong month for the TradFi-meets-Crypto movement, which has seen Western Union launch its Solana-based $USDPT wallet and StableCard, alongside deepening collaboration with Korean markets through collaboration with Fintech giant KSNet.

A Single API for Better Value Flow

After debuting on Stellar in May 2025, MoneyGram is bringing Ramps to Solana, tapping into the network’s rich and diverse onchain economy. Ramps lets wallets, exchanges and fintech apps plug into MoneyGram's global agent network through one integration, facilitating seamless and compliant ramping through a single API. 

MoneyGram Ramps enables cash deposits in more than 25 countries, cash withdrawals in more than 170 countries and territories, and no banking infrastructure required on the developer's side.

"The future of payments is built on access, every platform we connect expands the reach of our network. Every customer we serve makes that network more valuable. Bringing MoneyGram Ramps to Solana is another step toward building a truly open, global payments network." - Anthony Soohoo, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram

Leaning into the core tenets of crypto philosophy, MoneyGram ramps registration requires no banking credentials. Ramps is also embedded in the Solana Developer Platform's payments module, giving builders sandbox access and API credentials without a separate onboarding process. 

Why Does Cash Access Matter for Solana?

Solana has spent the past two years positioning itself as the settlement layer for stablecoins and real-world payments. $USDC dominates the network's stablecoin supply, and payments-focused integrations have become a recurring theme in ecosystem announcements.

Cash is the missing piece. Onchain rails work for the already-banked, but a large share of remittance flows still begins and ends in physical currency. MoneyGram's agent network turns corner-store locations into entry and exit points for Solana-based assets.

"Solana is infrastructure for the more than six billion people on the internet, powering a faster, more open, global financial system, by connecting our ecosystem to MoneyGram’s global payments network through MoneyGram Ramps, developers are able to more easily build financial applications with real-world utility at global scale." - Lily Liu, President, Solana Foundation

Through MoneyGram Ramps, Solana now offers a tangible and compliant path from a cash counter in Nairobi or Manila directly into an on-chain wallet, and vice-versa, without the user ever touching a bank account.

MoneyGram’s expansion to Solana compounds the network’s growing momentum as a onchain payments superpower. According to Solana data, the network consistently processes around $12B in transfer volume on a daily basis, servicing over 558,000 active addresses. By deploying Ramps on Solana, MoneyGram deepens its ties to the network further, following the June launch of its own validator.

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