Meta Testing Stablecoin Payments As Digital Currencies Take Off

Meta Platforms Inc. is exploring ways to integrate stablecoin payments into its apps, embracing a fast-growing form of digital currency increasingly used in online commerce.

The company is testing the digital payments within its existing payments platform. The small and focused trial will use existing stablecoins, according to a person familiar with the plans, who declined to be named discussing unreleased products. The person declined to say which stablecoins Meta is using in its tests.