Fitzgerald said he left after helping build Stripe and Bridge’s global stablecoin card program from launch to operations in more than 100 markets as the company continues regulated expansion.
Stripe partnership executive Connor Fitzgerald said he has left Stripe and its stablecoin infrastructure business Bridge after helping build the company’s global stablecoin card program. Fitzgerald said he joined Bridge one month after Stripe acquired the company, when no stablecoin card program had been built with a true sponsor bank, and helped establish the sponsor bank, regulatory and card network relationships needed to launch and scale it internationally. He said the program later reached more than 100 markets, introduced the first stablecoin settlement flow in the United States and grew annualized payment volume from zero to tens of millions of dollars. His departure comes as Stripe continues expanding regulated stablecoin payments infrastructure through Bridge, which earlier this month received MiCA crypto-asset service provider authorization and an Electronic Money Institution license in Luxembourg, enabling services across the European Union under a single framework. The buildout also followed Visa’s March expansion of its partnership with the Stripe-owned company to launch stablecoin-backed Visa card programs in more than 100 countries by the end of 2026.