Rain, the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, is partnering with Episode Six, a payment technology company and card issuer processor. Episode Six will serve as a key processing partner for Rain’s credit, debit, and prepaid card programs. The initial focus is on Asia-Pacific (APAC), where demand for stablecoin-powered payments is growing rapidly and Episode Six operates local infrastructure.
The announcement follows Rain’s recent expansion of its Visa membership into APAC. With Episode Six, Rain’s clients gain access to in-market solutions, Visa-certified processing, and a platform built to scale across the world’s most active digital payments corridors.
“As we expand into Asia-Pacific and scale our programs across additional markets and networks, having processing infrastructure that can grow with us is essential,” said Charles Yoo-Naut, CTO and co-founder of Rain. “Episode Six brings exactly what we need, with local presence in the markets that matter, proven execution at scale, and a platform flexible enough to support whatever we build next.”
The partnership is timed to meet demand where it is growing fastest. APAC has emerged as the fastest-growing region for stablecoin payment volume, with cross-border B2B settlement and corporate treasury management among the most active use cases. For Rain’s clients operating across the region, reliable local infrastructure is the difference between a program that scales and one that stalls.
Episode Six’s programmable money technology, including more than 10 cloud instances across APAC and local deployments across the region’s key high-growth markets, gives Rain’s partners the regional depth and compliance readiness to move from program design to live deployment without rebuilding for every new market.
Episode Six’s API-first platform also gives Rain full configurability over every program parameter, including fees, FX rules, risk thresholds, and spend controls, without the constraints of legacy processing systems. That flexibility is critical for clients who need to tailor card programs to their own business models and the regulatory requirements of each market they operate in.
“Rain is setting the standard for stablecoin-powered card programs globally, and we are proud to be the infrastructure partner powering that expansion in Asia-Pacific,” said John Mitchell, CEO of Episode Six. “Our local infrastructure, scheme integrations, and purpose-built platform are designed for programs that need to operate at high volume, across borders, and in compliance with local requirements from day one. APAC is where we are starting, but the scope of what we are building with Rain extends well beyond this single region.”
Episode Six powers card and ledger programs across more than 50 countries and is trusted by banks and fintechs worldwide to run multi-currency, cross-border programs across some of the world’s most active payment corridors. For Rain, the partnership expands the range of processing choices available to enterprise partners building on its platform.