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Mastercard integrates BVNK stablecoin platform as Visa goes live with prefunding

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What happened

Visa announced that Visa Direct stablecoin prefunding for cross-border payments has moved into production.

Source

Article excerpt

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Today Mastercard launched its Global Money Platform (GMP), the first product to emerge from its $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK, which closed in August. The platform gives banks, fintechs and enterprises a single API for accounts that hold fiat currencies and stablecoins side by side, with conversion between the two. It also supports stablecoin linked cards and payouts into local bank accounts and cards through Mastercard Move. On the same day Visa announced that Visa Direct stablecoin prefunding for cross border payments, piloted since 2025, has moved into production with processor Inyo Global as the first enabler. The Mastercard platform is available immediately. Early customers are named as Nuvei, Marqeta, Ontop, Beem and Almond FinTech, although it is not clear whether they are at the integration or production stage. Mastercard said Move payouts will reach more than 40 currencies across more than 200 countries during 2027, with tokenized deposits planned. The two announcements show how differently the card networks have approached stablecoins over the past year. Visa has layered a series of partnerships and integrations onto its existing businesses, from settlement across multiple blockchains to the Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP) launched in July. VSP offers some similar functionality to GMP, such as minting, redeeming, holding and...

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Event
Launch

What this signalsA launch often needs new go-to-market and support spend.

Product
Visa Direct stablecoin prefunding
Takes effect
Oct 15, 2026

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Details

Release type
Feature

Topics and mentions

Product tags

  • online technology
  • general technology

Extraction

Confidence
90%
Detected
Oct 15, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
launches

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    "title": "Mastercard integrates BVNK stablecoin platform as Visa goes live with prefunding - Ledger Insights",
    "excerpt": "Today Mastercard launched its Global Money Platform (GMP), the first product to emerge from its $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK , which closed in August. The platform gives banks, fintechs and enterprises a single API for accounts that hold fiat currencies and stablecoins side by side, with conversion between the two. It also supports stablecoin linked cards and payouts into local bank accounts and cards through Mastercard Move. On the same day Visa announced that Visa Direct stablecoin prefunding for cross border payments, piloted since 2025, has moved into production with processor Inyo Global as the first enabler. The Mastercard platform is available immediately. Early customers are named as Nuvei, Marqeta, Ontop, Beem and Almond FinTech, although it is not clear whether they are at the integration or production stage. Mastercard said Move payouts will reach more than 40 currencies across more than 200 countries during 2027, with tokenized deposits planned. The two announcements show how differently the card networks have approached stablecoins over the past year. Visa has layered a series of partnerships and integrations onto its existing businesses, from settlement across multiple blockchains to the Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP) launched in July. VSP offers some similar functionality to GMP, such as minting, redeeming, holding and...",
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