{"id":3616,"date":"2025-11-27T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=3616"},"modified":"2025-11-27T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:00:21","slug":"visa-partners-with-aquanow-to-bring-stablecoin-settlements-to-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=3616","title":{"rendered":"Visa Partners with Aquanow to Bring Stablecoin Settlements to Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stablecoins.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stablecoins.png 800w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stablecoins-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stablecoins-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global payments giant Visa has announced a strategic partnership with Aquanow to extend its stablecoin\u2011based settlement infrastructure across the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region \u2014 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/techcabal.com\/2025\/11\/27\/visa-partners-with-aquanow\/\">a move with major implications for African financial institutions. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the collaboration, Aquanow\u2019s digital\u2011asset infrastructure will be integrated into Visa\u2019s existing payments stack, allowing issuers and acquirers on the Visa network to settle transactions using approved stablecoins such as USD Coin (USDC), instead of traditional fiat\u2011based bank rails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While swiping cards at a counter appears like an instantaneous transaction, the actual movement of funds between banks can take days due to reliance on legacy correspondent banking networks. The collaboration with Aquanow introduces a digital alternative where fiat currency is converted to stablecoins, cutting layers of intermediaries and costs, and reducing settlement timelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Visa, the stablecoin\u2011based rails have already seen activity reaching what corresponds to a $2.5\u202fbillion annualised settlement volume, underscoring growing demand for digital\u2011asset infrastructure among payment operators. Phil Sham, CEO of Aquanow, said the partnership will unlock new avenues for financial institutions to participate in the digital economy \u2014 offering \u201cthe speed and transparency of the internet\u201d for fund transfers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquanow.com\/news-insights\/aquanow-partners-with-visa-to-enable-faster-settlement-using-stablecoins?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For countries like Nigeria and others across Africa with large remittance flows, dollar\u2011demand economies, or where access to correspondent banking may be limited, stablecoin settlement offers a compelling new infrastructure \u2014 one that could reshape cross\u2011border payments, trade finance, and payouts for global freelancers, businesses or diaspora remittances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In sum, the Visa\u2013Aquanow partnership represents a major step toward modernising the back\u2011end rails of money movement across Africa, potentially helping accelerate the region\u2019s digital finance transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global payments giant Visa has announced a strategic partnership with Aquanow to extend its stablecoin\u2011based settlement infrastructure across the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region \u2014 a move with major implications for African financial institutions. Under the collaboration, Aquanow\u2019s digital\u2011asset infrastructure will be integrated into Visa\u2019s existing payments stack, allowing issuers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3618,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616\/revisions\/3618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}