BVNK Secures SEPA Access And VISA Stablecoin Payouts

BVNK is paving the way forward for a better Euro stablecoin settlement and transfer capacity with a SEPA access and partners VISA Direct for global stablecoin payouts.

BVNK European Stablecoin Activity

Earlier, BVNK had announced receiving an exclusive access to the European payment scheme called SEPA, which was established specifically for enabling faster credit and instant payments for countries in Europe. In their blog post, the team writes:

Until now, we've delivered 24/7 instant euro payments through banking partners. Direct access to CENTROlink changes how we operate. We now have our own BVNK virtual accounts with direct access to both SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) and SEPA Instant (SCT Inst) rails.

Prior to this, BVNK had to rely (as most stablecoin providers currently do) on traditional bank partners and other financial third party platforms. This means that BVNK is now able to fund accounts themselves and strengthen the integration of the Euro payment rails as a bi-product of more efficient orchestration of stablecoin transfers coming in and out of the region.

SEPA is managed by the European Central Bank (ECB) and European Payments Council (EPC) and is made up of 41 countries. In Q2 of 2025, several key updates were made to increase adoption among Euro Zone central banks and Payment Service Providers (PSPs).

BVNK To Power Visa Direct Stablecoin Payouts

On top of this, BVNK has revealed that is is partnering with Visa to help power the stablecoin payouts for worldwide customers who regularly use the Visa Direct platform.

A few months ago, Visa had ramped up the testing and preparation of integrating stablecoin technology with Visa Direct stablecoin pilot focusing on pre-funding, as well as USDC stablecoin payouts to worldwide merchants and businesses.

Global Head of Product at Visa Mark Nelsen expressed:

“Stablecoins are an exciting opportunity for global payments, with enormous potential to reduce friction and expand access to faster, more efficient payment options... BVNK shares this vision, and that’s why we’re partnering with them to provide the reliable, trusted infrastructure needed to expand our Visa Direct stablecoin pilots.”

As explained in an exclusive interview on X with Simon Taylor (from Tempo and Tokenized Pod), Co-founder and CEO Chris Harms mentions that the real focus on this partnership is the ability to deliver on inflows and outflows of stablecoin funding and payout volumes.