Payments company Visa has moved its USDC-based pre-funding service for international transfers on Visa Direct from pilot testing to commercial use, according to a company announcement. The rollout allows eligible clients to fund cross-border payouts in near real time without relying solely on traditional banking settlement windows, giving businesses more flexibility in funding and moving money internationally.

Inyo Global is the first technology partner to put the feature into operation. The payments infrastructure provider serves money-transfer services, fintech companies, banks and other payments businesses.

Inyo integrates Visa Direct pre-funding

Inyo integrated Visa Direct’s pre-funding feature into its platform, enabling eligible clients to use USDC to fund international payouts. The funding option is available 24/7 through the same Inyo application programming interfaces that clients already use, according to Inyo Global co-founder and chief product and technology officer Robson Dantas.

Through a single integration, Inyo’s platform provides user onboarding, fraud risk management and compliance, payment acceptance, and domestic and international transfers through Visa Direct in more than 180 countries.

“The next chapter for stablecoins is adoption,” said Vira Platonova, Visa Direct’s global head.

Platonova said Visa is moving from experiments with partners to real-world use of technology that helps businesses fund and move money around the world more flexibly.

Visa expands stablecoin services

Visa is expanding its stablecoin operations as part of a broader strategy to integrate blockchain technology into traditional payment infrastructure. In 2025, the company launched pilot programs for stablecoin pre-funding and payouts through Visa Direct to demonstrate their potential for cross-border settlement, liquidity management and international transfers.

The move into commercial use marks the next phase of those programs. Visa expects stablecoins to help businesses fund payments faster and manage liquidity more flexibly while retaining the reliability and scale of its global payments network.

In July, Visa unveiled the Visa Stablecoin Platform, an enterprise service for issuing, custodying, transferring and redeeming stablecoins. Open Standard’s Open USD, or OUSD, was the first asset supported on the platform, which was available to selected clients through a limited beta at the time.

In August 2026, Visa and digital-asset infrastructure provider zerohash announced a partnership covering stablecoin account top-ups and payouts for Visa Direct clients, along with 24/7 liquidity management for international transfers.

Source: Incrypted