Anthony Soohoo is 18 months into transforming MoneyGram - 500,000 locations, 200+ countries - into a developer-led payments network running on blockchain and stablecoins. The catch: customers never see the tech. They just hold a dollar-backed balance in the app while AI orchestrates treasury, FX, and settlement on the back end.
In this episode, Anthony breaks down the three pillars of MoneyGram 3.0, why he chose open interoperable rails over building proprietary ones, how his team brought regulators along across dozens of jurisdictions, and why he believes payments is about to hit its "iPhone moment" - where AI, embedded finance, and digital assets converge all at once. If you're at a legacy financial institution weighing whether to build on open infrastructure or keep your rails closed, this is the conversation to listen to.
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