{"id":563647,"date":"2026-03-03T14:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/visa-and-stripes-bridge-plan-stablecoin-card-expansion-to-over-100-countries\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:52:39","slug":"visa-and-stripes-bridge-plan-stablecoin-card-expansion-to-over-100-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/visa-and-stripes-bridge-plan-stablecoin-card-expansion-to-over-100-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa and Stripe\u2019s Bridge plan stablecoin card expansion to over 100 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2IzZDgtMGI3MS03NzdkLWJjNWItMzFlMDBmOWI1YTdhLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Visa and Stripe\u2019s Bridge plan stablecoin card expansion to over 100 countries\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visa and Stripe-owned Bridge aim to expand stablecoin-linked Visa cards to 18 countries, and plan 100-plus by the end of the year, while testing stablecoin settlement with Lead Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Global payment giant Visa is expanding its stablecoin card partnership with Stripe-owned Bridge, expanding the rollout of stablecoin-linked Visa cards worldwide and testing onchain settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Visa and Bridge are expanding their joint card program to 18 countries, with plans to reach more than 100 across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East by the end of the year, <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.visa.com\/news\/news-details\/2026\/Visa-and-Bridge-Expand-Collaboration-with-Plans-to-Bring-Stablecoin-Linked-Cards-to-Over-100-Countries\/default.aspx#:~:text=Bridge%20enables%20businesses%20and%20fintech,be%20settled%20onchain%20with%20Visa.\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to a Tuesday announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion follows the program\u2019s initial launch in April 2025, which first <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.visa.com\/news\/news-details\/2025\/Visa-and-Bridge-Partner-to-Make-Stablecoins-Accessible-for-Everyday-Purchases\/default.aspx\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">supported<\/a> markets in Latin America, including Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Chile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/visa-stripe-bridge-stablecoin-card-rollout-test-onchain-settlement\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visa and Stripe-owned Bridge aim to expand stablecoin-linked Visa cards to 18 countries, and plan 100-plus by the end of the year, while testing stablecoin settlement with Lead Bank. Global payment giant Visa is expanding its stablecoin card partnership with Stripe-owned Bridge, expanding the rollout of stablecoin-linked Visa cards worldwide and testing onchain settlement. Visa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":563648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-563647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}