Visa has made a strategic investment in London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK, reinforcing its commitment to the growing role of digital currencies in global finance. The investment, made through Visa Ventures, goes beyond capital and hints at a broader partnership between the two companies. BVNK’s CEO, Jesse Hemson-Struthers, emphasized the significance of joining forces with Visa, praising its history of global payments innovation and pointing to the combined potential of their technologies to reshape business transactions.

Visa’s Rubail Birwadker, who leads product and partnership strategy, noted that stablecoins are quickly becoming an integral part of the financial ecosystem. He highlighted Visa’s focus on backing new technologies and emerging players like BVNK to stay ahead of commerce trends and better serve partners.

This latest move builds on BVNK’s momentum, following its $50 million Series B round led by Haun Ventures at the end of 2024. Major investors like Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures, and Tiger Global also participated. The funding aimed to support BVNK’s U.S. expansion, including the development of domestic banking infrastructure and the pursuit of regulatory licenses.

With a reported valuation of $750 million, BVNK’s mission to power stablecoin payments is gaining serious traction. The partnership with Visa comes amid the payment giant’s broader push into crypto. In late 2024, Visa enabled real-time crypto-to-fiat transfers for Coinbase debit card users. It also introduced its Visa Tokenized Asset Platform to streamline digital asset management, covering stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and central bank digital currencies.

Visa’s continued investment in crypto infrastructure signals its belief that digital currencies will play a major role in the future of global payments—and it’s betting on BVNK to help lead that transformation.