PANews reported on May 20th that, according to The Block, stablecoin infrastructure startup Checker has raised a total of $8 million in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Investors include Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures, Framework Ventures, as well as Bitso, Airtm, DFS Lab, Onigiri Capital, SNZ Capital, and Velocity. Checker provides a single API for institutions, helping financial institutions such as B2B cross-border payment providers access stablecoin liquidity, accounts, and compliance capabilities. It currently serves over 30 licensed institutions globally and has processed over $3 billion in stablecoin transactions in the past 12 months, representing approximately 1% of the global annual B2B stablecoin payment transaction volume. The company plans to use the new funding to expand into the Brazilian, Kenyan, Hong Kong, and US markets, and launch embedded lending (settlement financing) and AI-powered agent tools for account opening, compliance auditing, and fund management.