Visa Pilot Lets Banks Use Stablecoins for Global Payouts

Visa has launched a pilot, which allows banks and financial institutions to pay pre-fund cross-border using stabechoin.

Announced in SIBOS 2025, Visa Direct Stabelcoin Pilot enables select partners to use Circle’s USDC (USDC) and EURC (EURC) as pre-funded assets to use pre-funded assets, which provides facilitated payments, According For a Tuesday announcement.

“Payments from across the border have been trapped in old systems for a long time,” said Chris Nucirk, president of the commercial and money movement solutions in the visa.

The goal is to reduce the requirement of capital in advance and modernize the treasury operations. Nucirk said, “The new Stabelines Integration of Visa Direct gave groundwork for money to immediately move worldwide, leading to more options for businesses how they pay,” Nucirk said.

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The pilot is designed for banks, remittances services and financial institutions that demand adaptation of liquidity. Instead of tying fiat currencies in many corridors, participant can direct the visa with stabelines, which considers the visa payment as a cash equivalent for the purpose of starting payment.

StableCoin pre-funding is expected to unlock working capital from pre-funding, reduce the contact of currency volatility, and improve predictive in treasury flows, especially during traditional systems inactive during off-hours or weekends when traditional systems are inactive.

Visa says it is more than $ 225 million in Stabelcoin volume, although it remains a small fraction of its $ 16 trillion in annual payment. The pilot is currently limited to partners who meet the internal norms of the visa, with a wide rollout plan in 2026.

Cointelegraph arrived for the visa for comment, but did not receive the reaction by the publication.

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The visa move to use stabechoin for cross-border payments came a day later when Swift announced that he was collaborating with the Atherium Developer Concepts and aimed at the purpose of making more than 30 financial institutions to make blockchain-based settlements platforms to make a blockchain-based settlement platforms.

Crypto payment firms have also seen the attraction growing. Last week, StabelcoIn Payments started to unicorn after raising $ 47 million in a strategic round led by Stabilcin Payments Startup Redotpay Galaxy Ventures and Vertex Ventures in a strategic round.