I'm guessing not, since you need to exchange it in both countries. As I understand it the article is comparing "sending USD directly to another countries bank a

I'm guessing not, since you need to exchange it in both countries. As I understand it the article is comparing "sending USD directly to another countries bank account" to "sending stablecoin to another wallet", so it completely skips any inconvenience and fees associated with getting USD in and out of the stablecoin.