We're pleased to announce that Stark Technology Inc. (敦陽科技), Taiwan's largest domestic system integrator, has joined Capital Layer as our official technology distribution partner in Taiwan.
Stark Technology Inc. will distribute Capital Layer's enterprise settlement infrastructure to banks and financial institutions across Taiwan, at a moment when the country's financial sector is preparing for one of its most significant digital transitions in decades.
Taiwan's cross-border settlement problem and the window to fix It
Taiwan sits at the centre of some of the most complex trade corridors in Asia — connecting manufacturers, distributors, and financial counterparties across Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and beyond. The financial rails supporting those flows were not built for the pace of modern commerce. Cross-border transfers take days, carry FX spreads of 2–4%, and pass through chains of correspondent banks that add hidden fees at every step.
On-chain settlement changes that equation. But only when the infrastructure beneath it is built for enterprise: programmable, auditable, compliant, and interoperable across currency corridors.
The timing makes this urgent. Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has confirmed that the country's first regulated NTD stablecoin could launch as early as mid-2026, pending passage of the Virtual Assets Service Act. Taiwan's banks will be the ones who will issue, settle, and manage stablecoin transactions at institutional scale. Banks evaluating settlement infrastructure today are making decisions that will determine their stablecoin readiness in 2026. The institutions that move early will have tested, integrated systems when the regulations land and be able to offer these services to clients demanding it.
Partnering with the firm Taiwan's banks and enterprises already trust
Distribution into banks is one of the hardest problems in enterprise technology. It requires a level of institutional trust, technical credibility, and relationship depth that takes decades to build.
Stark Technology Inc. has spent 30 years building exactly that. As Taiwan's largest domestic system integrator, STI serves more than 2,000 enterprise and institutional clients, is publicly listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, and has an established track record delivering complex ICT infrastructure to the country's financial sector.
They are not a new entrant, but the trusted infrastructure partner that Taiwan's banks already rely on — which makes them the right partner to bring next-generation settlement infrastructure into those institutions.
The first step towards building Asia's settlement network
For Taiwan's banks, the partnership creates a clear, credible path to evaluating and deploying enterprise-grade settlement infrastructure — through a technology partner they already know and trust.
For Capital Layer, it's the right distribution model for this market: working with an established institutional partner rather than building distribution from scratch in a market where relationships are everything.
For the broader ecosystem, it's a signal that enterprise adoption of on-chain settlement infrastructure in Taiwan is moving from conversation to deployment.
What’s Next
Taiwan is one critical piece of a larger picture. Across Asia, the regulatory and institutional conditions for enterprise on-chain settlement are converging faster than most financial institutions have planned for.
Hong Kong issued its first stablecoin licences this month. The Bank of Japan launched a blockchain settlement sandbox. Malaysia's central bank is piloting ringgit stablecoins with Standard Chartered and Maybank. Every major market in the region is moving — simultaneously, in its own currency.
The connective infrastructure that makes this work across borders, currencies, and counterparties is what gets built next. That's the problem we're focused on at Capital Layer, and we’re proud to partner with Stark Technology Inc. in building it.
Join our early partner program
Capital Layer is working with select enterprises and banks to optimize cross-border settlement across Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand.
If you're an enterprise operating across these markets and exploring how digital settlement infrastructure could reduce friction in your cross-border operations, get in touch:
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