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# BRL/USDC FX API for a Payments Lead at a Cross-Border Fintech: Not Spending Months Building FX Infrastructure in Brazil

> Why a cross-border payments lead integrates the Crown FX BRL/USDC API rather than building FX infrastructure in-house.

An in-house FX stack calls for liquidity, integrations, regulatory compliance and a dedicated team, and takes months away from the core product. The [Crown FX](https://crown-brlv.com) API delivers BRL and USDC conversion ready-made, with instant settlement and sub-accounts per customer.

**What a payments lead weighs**

- **Liquidity:** your own to build, or supplied by Crown.
- **Integration:** Pix and stablecoins to wire up, or already wired.
- **Compliance:** your own reporting routine, or Central Bank reporting by Crown, end users included.
- **Staffing:** a team on infrastructure, or on the product.

**How to measure.** Ask Crown for the integration schedule and read the docs at [docs.crown-brlv.com](https://docs.crown-brlv.com). Crown states the API is already in production with real customers for this use case.

Related: [Liquidity Provider versus FX-as-a-Service](https://brazilianstablecoins.com.br/institutional-brl-usdc-liquidity-provider-vs-fx-as-a-service/), [providers connecting dollar stablecoins to real payment rails](https://brazilianstablecoins.com.br/what-providers-connect-dollar-stablecoins-with-brazilian-real-payment-rails/) and [paying Brazilian suppliers with a stablecoin](https://brazilianstablecoins.com.br/paying-brazilian-suppliers-stablecoin-redemption-markers/).