# Visa Brings Onchain Lending into Everyday Payments

- Link: https://www.thailand-business-news.com/pr-news/visa-brings-onchain-lending-into-everyday-payments
- Published: 2026-09-09T08:00:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

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_By combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending, Visa is helping its
partners unlock new financing opportunities for stablecoin-linked card programs._

SINGAPORE, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Visa (NYSE: V) announced a new approach
to onchain credit designed to help stablecoin-linked card programs and fintechs 
access working capital using onchain lending infrastructure and Visa data.

Onchain lending has emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments of digital finance.
According to the [Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard](https://visaonchainanalytics.com/lending),
since 2020, more than $694 billion in stablecoin-denominated loans have been sent
through onchain lending protocols, creating a global credit market that operates
24/7. Yet much of that activity remains concentrated within crypto markets and hasn’t
meaningfully supported the businesses and payment experiences people use every day.

Visa is helping bridge that gap by combining VisaNet settlement data with onchain
credit infrastructure. This information can help lenders better understand how a
program is operating, making it easier to evaluate financing opportunities that 
fit their needs and extend capital to support their goals.

"Stablecoins are not only changing how money moves, they’re creating opportunities
to rethink the financial infrastructure that supports payments," said Rubail Birwadker,
Global Head of Growth Products and Partnerships, Visa. "We’re seeing how trusted
payment data and onchain technologies can work together to unlock new forms of liquidity,
helping businesses access capital in ways that are more transparent, programmable
and aligned to the speed of modern commerce."

The announcement builds on Visa’s broader stablecoin strategy, which includes the
recent launch of [Visa Stablecoin Platform](https://www.visa.com/en-us/products/visa-stablecoin-platform),
enabling stablecoin settlement, expanding stablecoin-linked card programs, and helping
financial institutions access new digital asset capabilities.

Today, more than 160 stablecoin-linked card programs operate on Visa’s network, 
with payment volume on those programs growing nearly 200% year over year. Visa’s
stablecoin settlement volume recently surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate,
up more than 15x year-over-year.

For many emerging payment companies, obtaining working capital can be difficult 
during periods of rapid growth. Traditional financing structures often require significant
scale, operating history or manual underwriting processes before credit becomes 
available. Visa believes blockchain-based lending infrastructure, supported by trusted
payment data, can help address these challenges while introducing greater transparency
and efficiency.

An early example of this model is Visa’s [work with Credit Coop](https://www.visa.com/en-us/thought-leadership/innovation/onchain-settlement-financing-visanet),
which provides working capital and settlement financing for stablecoin-linked card
programs using smart contracts to automate funding, collateral management and repayment.
With customer authorization, Credit Coop combines Visa settlement data with onchain
transaction records to help assess credit performance and support automated settlement
financing.

To date, the model has supported more than $2.5 billion in cumulative financed settlement
volume since 2023 with zero defaults across participating facilities. The infrastructure
has also processed more than 3,000 borrow events and 9,000 repayment events programmatically
onchain, creating a transparent and auditable record of financing activity.

"Payment companies have always had good collateral in their settlement receivables,
but no way to show lenders how it performs in real time," said Chris Walker, Founder
and CEO, Credit Coop. "By combining Visa settlement data with onchain infrastructure,
we can evaluate live performance, enforce repayment from the settlement flow and
extend capital onchain from participating lenders as a program grows."

Visa views onchain credit as a natural extension of its broader efforts to bridge
traditional financial infrastructure with emerging digital asset technologies.

As digital payment ecosystems evolve, access to liquidity remains a critical requirement
for growth. Visa believes models that combine trusted payment infrastructure, tokenized
assets and programmable financial services have the potential to support new forms
of lending, treasury management and settlement across the global payments ecosystem.

"Visa has spent decades helping make payments more secure, reliable and accessible,"
added Birwadker. "As new forms of digital money emerge, we see an opportunity to
apply those same principles to the next generation of financial services."

Interested in learning more? Connect with us via [Visa | Stablecoin Contact](https://globalclient.visa.com/crypto-contact).

**About** **Visa**

Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions 
between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across
more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through
the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling 
individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that 
include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational
to the future of money movement. Learn more at [Visa.com](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2FVisa.com&esheet=53548911&newsitemid=20230905549860&lan=en-US&anchor=Visa.com&index=2&md5=ef7a4c9278e0b705f07fd6d8deb8a2aa).

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