Overview
Visa Direct is visa’s push-payment money movement network connecting 18+ billion endpoints (cards, bank accounts, digital wallets) across 195+ countries for account-to-account transfers and payouts.
Recent Developments
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2026-10-15: Stablecoin prefunding moves from pilots to commercial production; inyo-global first Visa Direct processor enabling USDC prefunding for cross-border payouts via existing APIs (2026-10-15-visa-stablecoin-money-movement-production)
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2026-08-05: Stablecoin prefunding and payout capabilities via zerohash for eligible clients — 24/7 cross-border liquidity (2026-08-05-zerohash-visa-direct-stablecoin-press)
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2026-01: BVNK pilot for stablecoin prefunding/payouts (predecessor)
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Part of Visa stablecoin stack alongside Base/Polygon settlement and visa-stablecoin-platform