Zebec Taps Stellar and Tangem for Custom Employee Wallets

A Three-Way Push Into Corporate Payroll

@Zebec_HQ has joined forces with @StellarOrg and @Tangem to roll out custom, hardware-based wallets aimed squarely at the global employee payroll market. The initiative marks the latest step in Zebec's expanding relationship with the Stellar network, which selected the company as its global stablecoin payroll infrastructure provider earlier in 2026.

Announced in March 2026, Zebec's integration with Stellar allows businesses to pay employees continuously in USDC on a per-second basis, a feature selected by the Stellar Development Foundation. The new hardware wallet programme takes that infrastructure one step further by putting a physical, branded device directly into workers' hands at the point of onboarding.

Employees and contractors can receive salaries rapidly into their digital wallets, spend funds via Zebec's Mastercard-powered cards, and convert digital dollars into local fiat currencies. The addition of Tangem's hardware layer is designed to make that experience accessible to staff who may have little or no prior crypto experience.

Seedless Security at the Point of Onboarding

The wallets use NFC technology to deliver a tap-to-sign experience, removing the friction that has historically made self-custody impractical in a corporate setting. Critically, the setup eliminates the need for traditional seed phrases while keeping the wallet non-custodial. Tangem generates and stores the master key securely on a chip within the wallet card, reducing the risk of theft or loss from unprotected backups, with recovery achieved through additional cards rather than written phrases.

When a Tangem wallet is initialised, the chip's hardware random number generator creates a private key that never leaves the secure element, not during setup, not during transactions, and the key is stored in tamper-resistant hardware that will physically destroy itself if extraction is attempted.

For Zebec, the partnership addresses one of the most persistent barriers in crypto payroll adoption: key management. By handing employees full key ownership upon onboarding, the company removes the corporate intermediary from the salary pipeline entirely, a meaningful step for businesses operating across multiple jurisdictions where wage portability and financial access remain uneven.

Founded in 2021, Zebec Network has built a broad portfolio spanning crypto-linked payment cards, streaming payroll systems, and cross-border settlement tools. The Tangem collaboration is the latest in an ongoing hardware wallet partnership between the two firms, with a prior co-branded wallet run having reportedly sold out.

Sources
Zebec Launches Stablecoin Payroll on Stellar for Global Workforces (FX Daily Report)
How Seedless Wallets Work (Tangem Blog)
AllUnity and Zebec Deploy EURAU-Powered Employee Benefits on Stellar (Business Wire)