"Nium and Circle Technology Services, LLC, an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. and operator of Circle Payments Network (CPN), announced a partnership to connect stablecoin settlement with last-mile global payouts. As part of the partnership, Nium joins CPN as a global payout partner, providing financial institutions on the network with direct access to Nium's payout infrastructure across more than 190 countries and in 100 currencies."