Due Joins Tempo Ecosystem as Infrastructure Partner

Due is joining Tempo's ecosystem as an infrastructure partner, connecting Tempo's high-performance blockchain to local payment rails across 80+ countries.

Tempo, incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, is a Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoin payments. As stablecoins move from speculation to real-world payments infrastructure, Tempo provides the technical foundation designed specifically for moving money at scale.

What is Tempo?

Tempo is a payments-first blockchain that makes different technical choices than general-purpose chains. Where most blockchains optimize for trading or DeFi applications, Tempo optimizes for payments:

100,000+ payments per second with sub-second finality
Stablecoin gas fees eliminating native token volatility
Built-in compliance hooks at the protocol layer
Deterministic settlement with predictable transaction costs
EVM compatibility for existing developer tooling

The project is backed by design partners including Visa, Deutsche Bank, Revolut, Shopify, Nubank, and OpenAI.

Due's role in the Tempo ecosystem

Due provides payment infrastructure that connects stablecoin networks to traditional financial rails. With Tempo, that means:

On-ramps: Converting fiat from local payment methods (ACH, SEPA, PIX, mobile money) into stablecoins on Tempo's blockchain.
Off-ramps: Converting stablecoins from Tempo back to local currencies through Due's network of payment rails across 80+ countries.
Stablecoin orchestration: Routing between different stablecoins on Tempo's network to optimize for liquidity and settlement speed.
Yield orchestration: Enabling idle stablecoin balances to generate yield while maintaining instant liquidity for payments.
Virtual accounts: Providing fintech customers with multi-currency accounts that can settle via Tempo or traditional rails depending on the corridor and use case.

The combination enables cross-border payments that settle in minutes rather than days, with mid-market FX rates and compliance built into the infrastructure layer.

Why payment-optimized blockchains matter

Most existing blockchains were built for trading and DeFi use cases. This creates friction when adapting them for payments:

Unpredictable gas fees during high-volume periods
Longer finality times than payment processors need
Compliance implemented at the application layer rather than protocol
General-purpose design that doesn't prioritize payment-specific requirements

Tempo makes deliberate technical choices optimized for payments at scale. This matters for fintechs building cross-border payment products, payroll platforms, remittance services, and treasury management tools. These applications need deterministic costs, instant settlement, and built-in compliance, not features grafted onto trading-optimized infrastructure.

Integration timeline

Due currently operates on multiple blockchain networks including Ethereum, Tron, Base, Arbitrum, and Polygon for stablecoin infrastructure. Tempo integration will provide Due's fintech customers with access to a payments-optimized blockchain designed specifically for their use cases.

Due will be live on Tempo mainnet, providing payment infrastructure for fintechs building on the network from day one.

What this means for fintechs

For fintech companies building on Due's infrastructure, Tempo support will mean:

Access to high-throughput stablecoin settlement infrastructure
Faster cross-border payment processing through blockchain rails
Deterministic transaction costs for financial modeling
Built-in compliance features at the protocol level

As Tempo moves from testnet to mainnet, Due customers will be able to route payments through Tempo's network alongside existing blockchain and traditional payment options.

Building payment infrastructure for the next decade

The partnership between Due and Tempo reflects where payment infrastructure is heading. Stablecoins are transitioning from speculative assets to payment rails, and that transition requires purpose-built blockchain infrastructure designed specifically for moving money at scale.

Due's infrastructure connects those blockchain rails to the traditional financial system across 80+ countries. As Tempo launches and scales, Due will provide the on and off ramps that enable money to move seamlessly between stablecoins and local currencies worldwide.

This is how global payments should work: instant, affordable, and accessible. We're building that infrastructure with partners like Tempo.

Want to learn more about Due's payment infrastructure? Let's talk.