The payment company Visa announced the launch of settlements in USDC in the United States. Now issuing banks and acquirers can make direct transactions in the stablecoin through the payment system.

The first participants in the program were Cross River Bank and Lead Bank. They have already started using the Solana blockchain. Full-scale expansion of the service to other partners in the United States is planned by 2026. A key innovation is the transition to daily settlements. Financial institutions will be able to move funds seven days a week, abandoning the traditional five-day schedule. This will accelerate transactions and simplify liquidity management.