Visa Expands Stablecoin Settlement Capabilities, Achieving $2.5 Billion Annualized Volume
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Source: Globenewswire
Updated: Nov 27 20250mins
- 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.
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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: 327.100
Low
315.00
Averages
402.76
High
450.00
Current: 327.100
Low
315.00
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402.76
High
450.00
UBS
Buy
maintain
$415 -> $425
2025-10-29
Reason
UBS
Price Target
$415 -> $425
2025-10-29
maintain
Buy
Reason
UBS raised the firm's price target on Visa to $425 from $415 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares.
Morgan Stanley
James Faucette
Overweight
downgrade
$402 -> $398
2025-10-29
Reason
Morgan Stanley
James Faucette
Price Target
$402 -> $398
2025-10-29
downgrade
Overweight
Reason
Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette lowered the firm's price target on Visa to $398 from $402 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm is "encouraged" by positive U.S. spend trends and healthy cross-border volumes and adds that an FY26 outlook in-line with consensus is consistent with the historical guidance framework, which Visa "tends to outperform."
Baird
NULL -> Outperform
maintain
$410 -> $425
2025-10-29
Reason
Baird
Price Target
$410 -> $425
2025-10-29
maintain
NULL -> Outperform
Reason
Baird raised the firm's price target on Visa to $425 from $410 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm updated its model following Q4 results.
Citi
NULL
to
Buy
initiated
$450
2025-10-22
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Citi
Price Target
$450
2025-10-22
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Citi initiated coverage of Visa with a Buy rating and $450 price target. Visa's network scale, central positioning in payments processing, and valuable brand are "formidable moats" that make its business "highly defendable," says the analyst, who thinks solid cross-border trends and the timing of pricing changes should continue to be viewed favorably.
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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.
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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.
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