Watch more: Visa Direct’s Justin Zhao An investor funds their investment account in real-time. A trade executes in seconds. But transferring funds from that account to a bank account can still take five business days. It is a paradox that Karen Webster, CEO of PYMNTS,...
Cross-border payments carry a working capital cost before money reaches the recipient. Payment providers frequently need funds available in advance to make payouts in other markets. For a company operating across currencies and time zones, that can mean maintaining cash in multiple bank, settlement or...
Visa has begun rolling out stablecoin-enabled prefunding that makes stablecoin-powered money movement available for businesses that run cross-border payments through Visa Direct, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 15) press release. The first enabler of the new offering is Inyo Global, a Visa Direct...
Watch more: Government Disbursements Need to Move at the Speed of Need For a household waiting on food assistance or disaster relief, a payment that is somewhere between the government and a bank account isn’t money that can buy groceries or pay for a hotel...
October 22, 2026
Watch more: Visa Direct’s Justin Zhao An investor funds their investment account in real-time. A trade executes in seconds. But transferring funds from that account to a bank account can still take five business days. It is a paradox that Karen Webster, CEO of PYMNTS, put directly to Justin Zhao, head of Visa Direct, North […]
October 01, 2026
Watch more: Government Disbursements Need to Move at the Speed of Need For a household waiting on food assistance or disaster relief, a payment that is somewhere between the government...
September 29, 2026
The cost of a delayed government payment does not end when the money finally arrives. Every status inquiry, phone call, payment trace and reissued check represents additional work for both...
September 16, 2026
Money can trade in seconds, yet investors may still wait days to receive it. That gap can make a fast digital platform feel surprisingly slow at the exact moment a...
October 23, 2026
Cross-border payments firm LianLian Global’s social commerce, marketplace and eCommerce clients can now send payouts to PayPal accounts globally and Venmo accounts in the United States, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. The capabilities are enabled by LianLian Global’s new partnership with PayPal and are powered by PayPal Payouts, according to […]
October 15, 2026
Visa has begun rolling out stablecoin-enabled prefunding that makes stablecoin-powered money movement available for businesses that run cross-border payments through Visa Direct, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 15)...
September 17, 2026
Plaid and digital identity wallet ID.me launched a benefits payments partnership, according to a Thursday (Sept. 17) news release. The collaboration is designed to combine ID.me’s wallet with Plaid’s financial...
March 12, 2026
Zelle introduced an application that permits charitable disbursements from donor advised funds (DAFs), according to a Thursday (March 12) press release emailed to PYMNTS. The new offering, announced in partnership...
