• Visa Direct enables fast payments to billions of endpoints worldwide


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Why Visa Direct

Send and receive money efficiently, securely, and seamlessly to billions of endpoints globally with Visa Direct.

Reach payees worldwide

Give your customers the power to send and receive money between billions of cards and accounts worldwide.

  • Reaches 200 countries and territories
  • Card and account delivery capability to 99% of bank accounts in 88 countries
  • Facilitates domestic and cross border payments in over 160 currencies
  • Billions of connected endpoints across cards and accounts, including 3+ billion Visa cards and 2 billion bank accounts

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Visa Direct enables fast payments across use cases

Businesses can use Visa Direct to seamlessly move money to 99% of bank accounts in 88 countries.

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Business payouts 

Businesses can use Visa Direct through their financial institutions to deliver fast, simple, and efficient payments to customers and workers. 

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Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments 

P2P payments enable consumers to send money to pay others back, send gifts, share costs, and support family around the world2. Visa Direct can offer person to person providers and end users efficiency, global scale and better digital experiences.

Visa Direct can support cross-border and domestic payments

Visa Direct enables safe, convenient, and fast funds availability globally.

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Domestic

Visa Direct enables fast, simple, and efficient payout experiences with the scale and security of the Visa network.

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Risk and Compliance

Sending transactions to billions of endpoints around the world requires security at scale.

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Visa Direct offers you access to a trusted network and proven solutions provider—helping you feel confident that funds and data are handled securely and appropriately.

Interested in becoming a Visa Direct solution provider? 

Find out how you can start offering real-time1 payments solutions with Visa Direct. See what is involved in becoming a solution provider, as well as suggestions for additional value-added services you may want to provide. 

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  • 1Actual fund availability varies by receiving financial institution, receiving account type, region, and whether transaction is domestic or cross-border.
  • 2The ability to send cross-border transactions depends on a number of factors, including whether the recipient issuer accepts cross-border transactions. Please refer to your Visa representative for more information on availability.