dtcpay Extends Series A to $25 Million With SBI Group as Strategic Investor

Singapore-based stablecoin payments company dtcpay has extended its Series A round to a total of $25 million, adding Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Group as a strategic investor alongside Genedant Capital and existing backer Kwee Liong Tek. The round originally closed at $10 million in March 2026, led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, before being extended two and a half times over with this additional capital.

dtcpay operates as a Major Payment Institution licensed by Singapore's Monetary Authority and also holds an Electronic Money Institution license in Luxembourg, giving it regulatory standing to serve both Southeast Asian and European customers. Its infrastructure lets businesses and individuals accept, store and transact in stablecoins, with a swap engine that connects stablecoin and fiat settlement in real time. The product range spans direct merchant payment acceptance and card-based stablecoin spending, positioning the company at the intersection of two trends founders in fintech are watching closely: rising merchant appetite for digital-asset settlement and the steady expansion of regulated stablecoin infrastructure across Asia.

SBI Group's participation is the most significant signal in this extension. SBI Ventures Asset and the SBI-NTU-Kyobo Digital Innovation Fund anchored the new capital, giving dtcpay a strategic relationship with one of Japan's largest financial services conglomerates, one with its own deep history in crypto and digital-asset infrastructure through SBI's broader group of companies. For a Singapore-licensed payments company, a Japanese strategic anchor widens the addressable customer base into a market where regulated stablecoin rails are still being built out.

dtcpay says the new capital will go toward product development, including an enterprise portal, continued improvements to its consumer app, and expansion of its merchant network. The company's dual licensing in Singapore and Luxembourg suggests the expansion ambitions extend beyond Southeast Asia into European markets as well.

For founders building payments or stablecoin infrastructure, dtcpay's extended round is a reminder that regulatory licensing itself, not just product, is increasingly a fundraising asset in this category, and that strategic capital from established financial institutions is actively flowing into compliant stablecoin rails rather than only into consumer-facing crypto apps. Southeast Asia in particular has emerged as one of the more receptive regulatory environments for stablecoin infrastructure globally, with Singapore's Monetary Authority issuing licenses to a growing number of digital payment token providers over the past two years. A licensed operator with dual Singapore and Luxembourg approvals, backed by a major Japanese financial group, is well positioned to become a default settlement layer for merchants that want stablecoin acceptance without building compliance infrastructure themselves.

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