Visa and Mastercard adopt USDC payouts across 200 countries

According to CryptoSlate, Visa and Mastercard announced commercial stablecoin funding routes on Oct. 15, providing eligible businesses with alternative ways to fund payments. Visa named Inyo Global as its first commercial USDC prefunding enabler for eligible Visa Direct cross-border payout clients. This integration allows money transmitters, fintechs, banks, and payment businesses to prefund cross-border payouts with USDC in near real time around the clock. Meanwhile, Mastercard launched its integration through BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure firm. The Mastercard Global Money Platform connects stablecoin balances to local-currency bank payouts, separating the funding choice from the recipient's currency. BVNK names USDC and OUSD among the accessible stablecoins. Nuvei and Marqeta are prospective early platform integrators. Mastercard expects payout coverage to expand to more than 40 currencies across more than 200 countries and territories in 2027. The launch announcements disclose no measured stablecoin payment volume or realized fee savings for these routes. For participating businesses, the immediate change is another way to fund payments reaching conventional bank accounts.