Visa Expands Stablecoin Settlement Capabilities, Achieving $2.5 Billion Annualized Volume
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Nov 27 2025
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Source: Globenewswire
- Stablecoin Settlement Expansion: Visa partners with Aquanow to enhance its stablecoin settlement capabilities across CEMEA, enabling financial institutions to settle transactions using USDC, thereby reducing costs and operational friction while improving settlement efficiency.
- Volume Growth: In 2023, Visa became one of the first major payment networks to support stablecoin settlements, with monthly volumes surpassing a $2.5 billion annualized run rate, reflecting strong demand for faster cross-border transactions.
- Technology Integration: By integrating Aquanow's digital asset infrastructure with Visa's technology stack, issuers and acquirers can achieve 365-day settlement, further streamlining the backend processes of money movement.
- Future Preparedness: This partnership not only reduces reliance on traditional multi-intermediary systems but also unlocks new ways for institutions to engage in the digital economy, marking a significant step towards modernizing payment systems.
Analyst Views on V
Wall Street analysts forecast V stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for V is 402.76 USD with a low forecast of 315.00 USD and a high forecast of 450.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
26 Analyst Rating
21 Buy
5 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 355.880
Low
315.00
Averages
402.76
High
450.00
Current: 355.880
Low
315.00
Averages
402.76
High
450.00
About V
Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company. It facilitates global commerce and money movement across more than 200 countries and territories among a global set of consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities through technologies. It operates through the Payment Services segment. It provides transaction processing services (primarily authorization, clearing and settlement) to its financial institution and merchant clients through VisaNet, its proprietary advanced transaction processing network. It offers a range of Visa-branded payment products that its clients, including nearly 14,500 financial institutions, use to develop and offer payment solutions or services, including credit, debit, prepaid and cash access programs for individual, business and government account holders. It also provides value-added services to its clients, including issuing solutions, acceptance solutions, risk and identity solutions, open banking solutions and advisory services.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
