Editorial composite of US dollar banknotes beside a hand holding a smartphone over a contactless payment terminal.

Stablecoins could make international payments faster and cheaper, but wider use may weaken monetary control and expose emerging economies to sharper capital-flow shocks, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned.

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