Bottomline adds stablecoin workflows to CFO Suite

Bottomline has expanded its CFO Suite to give enterprise and mid-market finance teams access to stablecoin payment activity inside existing payment and cash management workflows. The company said the capability will be available to customers in the UK and US in the third quarter of 2026, with wider availability planned later.

The addition is aimed at corporate treasury and finance teams considering stablecoins for payments and liquidity management, while seeking to keep those activities within established controls. Bottomline said the feature will sit within the Cash Management and Payment Hub products in its CFO Suite.

Under the model described by Bottomline, finance teams would be able to manage stablecoin activity alongside fiat currency and conventional payment methods. The company said that approach is intended to preserve existing approval, audit and governance processes rather than forcing stablecoin transactions into separate operational channels.

Stablecoins inside treasury workflows

Bottomline said many companies are interested in stablecoins, but adoption can be constrained when related activity is handled outside core treasury processes. Separate systems can add complexity around approvals, reconciliation and visibility, according to the company.

The new function is designed to let finance teams send, receive and manage stablecoins, according to Bottomline. It is also intended to support near real-time settlement in selected payment scenarios and to show fiat and stablecoin activity within existing cash management workflows.

For corporate finance departments, the operational issue is less about accessing a new payment method than about how that method fits into established treasury controls. Bottomline said its CFO Suite will apply the same types of approvals, controls and audit processes used for other payment activity to stablecoin flows.

Payment routing and partner onboarding

Bottomline said the CFO Suite will also support intelligent payment routing across different payment types. The company said finance teams will be able to assess routes based on factors including speed, cost, liquidity and business need.

Payment routing in this context refers to selecting among available rails or methods for a transaction. Bottomline said the objective is to help organisations evaluate newer payment options together with traditional payment channels, rather than treating them as separate operational categories.

The company also said it is onboarding partners to broaden decentralised finance asset, payment and settlement capabilities available through the CFO Suite. Bottomline described that work as part of a longer-term plan to expand payment choice for finance teams.

Colin Swain, global head of product for corporate solutions at Bottomline, said adoption of stablecoins in corporate finance depends on whether finance teams can manage them with familiar oversight. “Stablecoins are becoming more relevant to corporate finance, but adoption depends on whether finance teams can manage them with the same visibility, controls, and governance they expect from existing payment methods,” Swain said.

“Bringing stablecoin into the CFO Suite gives finance teams a way to explore and use it without stepping outside the workflows they already trust,” he said.

This story draws on original reporting from Finextra Research.