# 🎧 Mesta CEO Sandeep Pyapali on how stablecoins are already changing the future of payments

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Podcast: [This Week in Fintech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-fintech-6007929)
Published: 2025-09-01T23:40:18+00:00
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This week, Nik Milanovic sits down with Sandeep Pyapali, Founder and CEO of Mesta, a global cross-border payment network combining traditional rails with stablecoin systems. Mesta allows sending USD and stablecoins in over 50 currencies, cutting international payment costs by over 50%. Pyapali, with 17 years in payments – including Uber's $100 billion payment network – founded Mesta in 2024. Pyapali emphasized the importance of stablecoins for efficient international payments and predicts the...

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