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title: Finance on Solana
seoTitle: Build Financial Products on Solana
description:
  Learn how Solana works, create and operate digital assets, build global
  payment systems, and integrate onchain markets and DeFi.
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---

Build financial products on Solana. Start with assets, then move through
payments and onchain markets as your product requires. If you are new to
Solana's account and transaction model, begin with [Core Concepts](/docs/core).

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  src="/assets/docs/diagrams/finance-overview.svg"
  alt="Assets power payments and onchain markets"
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<Cards>
  <Card title="Assets" href="/docs/tokens">
    Learn how assets are represented by token programs, mint accounts, token
    accounts, and extensions.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Payments" href="/docs/payments">
    Send, accept, and reconcile stablecoin payments, from a first transfer to
    production payment systems.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Markets & Trading" href="/docs/defi">
    Build Solana DeFi applications with market data, swaps, lending, DEX
    integrations, and reliable transaction delivery.
  </Card>
</Cards>

## Issuing and operating assets

If you are creating the asset rather than integrating one that already exists,
continue to [Issuance & Tokenization](/docs/tokenization). It covers token
creation, access controls, delivery-versus-payment settlement, and fund
operations.