A7 Launches USDT-to-SWIFT Payments Service

U.S. sanctions plus missing details on correspondent banks and conversion mechanics raise doubts about whether the product can function in practice.

Overview

A7 presented A7 International on Tuesday, October 13, offering a service that lets customers pay foreign invoices in Tether USDT while recipients receive conventional SWIFT fiat transfers.
The company set a fixed fee of 0.3% and says the service is aimed at foreign-trade firms and individual users, accepting USDT on the TRON network and offering dollar, euro, yuan and dirham payouts at launch.
U.S. authorities recently designated the A7 Network and FinCEN said A7 sub-agents processed over $17 billion from January 2025 through June 2026, and A7’s announcement did not explain how the service will operate under those actions.
A7 has not named correspondent banks, explained the USDT-to-fiat conversion or detailed custody and routing partners, even as it describes KYC/KYB checks and an AI-driven routing system to pick payment routes.
The launch follows A7’s rapid growth and ties to PSB, prior scrutiny of its A7A5 token, and recent Russian rules that widen cross-border crypto use, creating legal and compliance pressure that could limit which banks and countries adopt the service.