Nium joins Visa to bring stablecoin settlement to global payments

By Vriti Gothi

Nium has partnered with Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot to meet its settlement obligations using supported stablecoins including Circle’s USDC across approved blockchain networks, marking a decisive step in the company’s strategy to modernise digital value transfer at scale.

The move introduces blockchain enabled, programmable settlement into Nium’s global payments architecture, enhancing the resilience, transparency, and speed of its international money movement capabilities. By integrating stablecoin settlement with Visa, Nium aims to transition from traditional batch-based processes to near-instant blockchain-based flows, reducing friction and operational overhead across the settlement lifecycle. The shift is expected to alleviate longstanding industry constraints such as weekend cut-offs, time zone disparities, and extended reconciliation windows.

“Nium’s participating in the Visa pilot marks a new chapter for enterprise-grade money movement,” said Alex Johnson, Chief Payments Officer at Nium. “Businesses have long been constrained by settlement cycles that move on the cadence of clearing schemes and banks, not on the cadence of global commerce. By settling with Visa via stablecoins, we’re aligning payments to the speed of the internet, not the speed of traditional rails.”

“Stablecoins are increasingly becoming a critical tool in modern money movement,” said Nischint Sanghavi, Head of Digital Currencies, Asia Pacific, Visa. “Our stablecoin settlement pilot is designed to give partners predictable settlement capabilities up to seven days per week, to keep pace with today’s constantly evolving global commerce environment. We’re excited to expand our collaboration with Nium to bring these new capabilities to more participants in the ecosystem.”

Nium will leverage its existing global real-time payments infrastructure to participate in the pilot, enabling financial institutions, enterprises, and FinTech innovators to access faster digital settlement rails without building or maintaining their own stablecoin capabilities.