DoorDash, the global delivery platform, has partnered with Tempo, a Layer 1 blockchain, to bring stablecoin payments to parts of its global marketplace.
In its Tuesday announcement, Tempo said DoorDash is building payment infrastructure on its network for merchants and Dashers in more than 40 countries.
The company wants to speed up payouts, reduce certain cross-border payment costs, and simplify payment tracking across markets.
DoorDash targets faster global payouts
Each DoorDash order includes more than one party. A customer makes the payment, a merchant gets its share, and a Dasher receives delivery earnings.
When these payments move across borders, traditional systems can take several days to settle and often charge high currency conversion fees.
Stablecoins can help change that. They can settle much faster, operate 24/7, and reduce the number of middlemen involved in money transfers.
With Tempo, DoorDash said it can send payouts to merchants and Dashers in less than one second with final confirmation. The company also said fees are set in U.S. dollars, which helps keep costs more predictable at scale.
Tempo added that its dedicated payment lanes are built to handle high transaction volumes without slowing settlements.
Together, these features solve key payment problems for a firm that manages millions of transactions across different markets and regulatory systems.
Co-founder of DoorDash, Andy Fang, said, “There’s real promise with stablecoins transforming financial infrastructure, not just in America, but globally. We want to be a proactive participant and not just passive.”
He added that getting merchants and Dashers their money faster and more affordably benefits the entire ecosystem.
Why DoorDash chose Tempo
Tempo is not a blockchain made for general use. It was built for business payments.
The network focuses on reliability, compliance, and lower costs. These features matter most to treasury teams handling large payout operations.
That is one reason Tempo suits DoorDash. Its sub-second finality means payments are confirmed in less than a second. Its fees are set in dollars, so businesses do not face sudden cost changes from volatile gas prices.
It also uses dedicated payment lanes, which help keep payout speeds steady even when network activity rises. Tempo supports ISO 20022-compatible memo fields as well, letting payment data such as invoice numbers move with each transaction.
This makes it easier for finance teams to match payments with orders across many markets.
“If we can get merchants and Dashers their money faster, and do that in a way that’s affordable for them, that’s a no-brainer for the entire ecosystem,” Fang said.
DoorDash already works on a very large scale, so even small payment improvements can have a big impact. For everyday users, the new change may not be obvious at first.
Dashers could get faster access to their earnings. Merchants may receive payments with fewer delays and lower foreign exchange costs. But in the background, this marks a bigger change in how global platforms move money.
DoorDash now works in more than 40 countries and includes international brands. According to its last year’s results, local merchants made nearly $75 billion in sales through the platform, while Dashers earned more than $20 billion.
Those figures show why faster and cheaper payments could have a meaningful impact across DoorDash’s network.
Tempo expands enterprise stablecoin payment push
In a separate enterprise blog post, Tempo said it is helping businesses and financial institutions move real payment operations onto stablecoins.
Besides DoorDash, the company named Stripe, Visa, Coastal, and ARQ as early partners, already bringing payment flows onto its network.
The blog says Tempo built its blockchain for enterprise payments, not for crypto trading or decentralized finance.
It emphasizes the elements like sub-second settlement, fixed dollar-based charges, reserved payment lanes, private payment areas, and organized payment information.
The tools will assist in making payments, reconciliation and compliance easier in large companies.
The blog also highlights Tempo’s new Stablecoin Advisory service. According to the company, this service will help businesses find the right stablecoin use cases, build the right payment setup, work with infrastructure partners, and move from testing to live use.
Solana has also added support for Tempo’s payment system. In March, it integrated the Machine Payments Protocol built by Stripe and Tempo.
This gives developers a new way to use stablecoins for API and service payments. The move adds to Tempo’s wider push into real-world payments.