Visa and Stripe’s Bridge are bringing stablecoin-linked cards to 100+ countries 🌍

Visa and Bridge, Stripe-owned stablecoin infrastructure, are expanding a joint product: Visa cards linked to a stablecoin balance. These cards currently operate in 18 countries, with a goal of reaching 100+ countries by the end of 2026.

Here’s how it works for users: you keep funds in a stablecoin, pay with the card as usual, and the merchant receives payment in local currency. You don’t need to manually swap the asset before every purchase — conversion happens at checkout under the card program’s rules.

A separate focus is settlement between participants in the system. In parallel, the parties are testing stablecoin settlement alongside bank integration. The point of these tests is to make settlement faster and more transparent for issuers and payment infrastructure, and to see how stablecoin settlement performs across international flows.

Another sign this is being scaled seriously: card solutions built on Bridge are already used by crypto wallets and platforms, so their users can spend stablecoins across Visa’s familiar acceptance network.

What to check when the product reaches your market

• which stablecoins are supported and how the exchange rate is calculated at checkout
• who issues the card in your country and what verification requirements apply
• limits, fees, refund rules, and chargebacks
• whether you can get the card directly or only via a specific wallet or app

Quick takeaway

Visa and Stripe, via Bridge, are trying to make stablecoins part of a standard card experience — so you can spend them in stores without extra steps and without losing the familiar way you pay.