Visa is expanding its partnership with Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure platform owned by Stripe, to increase the availability of stablecoin-backed cards. The collaboration will reach more than 100 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East by the end of 2025. Consumers can spend stablecoin balances at over 175 million merchant locations globally.
The expansion deepens Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot program through Bridge’s partnership with Lead Bank. Visa will settle transactions from these cards on-chain to evaluate efficiency gains for issuers and program managers. Crypto platforms Phantom and MetaMask currently use these cards to facilitate stablecoin spending for their users.