Visa Deploys Stablecoin Capabilities Across 18 Billion Endpoints
Visa has expanded its stablecoin capabilities across its real-time push payments platform, Visa Direct. The integration is now live on more than 18 billion endpoints in 195 countries and territories. This move is part of a larger infrastructure arc that began with pilot programs and is now production-grade.
The partnership relies on Zero Hash to provide the compliance layer for stablecoin settlement across dozens of blockchains and stablecoins. Eligible Visa Direct clients can now pre-fund accounts and execute payouts in stablecoins, with USDC as the primary asset.
The integration builds upon the Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP), launched July 16, which gave institutions the tools to mint, move, and manage stablecoins. VSP established the architecture for this new capability.
Zero Hash Founder and CEO Edward Woodford said, 'Unlocking stablecoin use cases at the core network level further accelerates adoption globally.' Mark Nelsen, Global Head of Product at Visa, framed the integration as infrastructure expansion: 'Stablecoins are creating new opportunities to make money movement faster and more flexible, particularly for cross-border use cases.'
The average cost of sending a $200 remittance is 6.35%, according to the World Bank, but stablecoin rails drop that cost below 1%. Visa's 285 million consumer-to-consumer transactions in fiscal year 2025 suggest a customer base that could change the network's unit economics with this new capability.