Visa issued a request for proposal on August 18, 2026, seeking a new stablecoin settlement and over-the-counter (OTC) partner to fill the void left by BVNK, which Mastercard acquired on August 3, 2026. Reported by CoinDesk and corroborated by PYMNTS, the move is framed not as a routine vendor swap but as a strategic decoupling. The search exposes a divide between compliance-first and speed-first approaches to institutional crypto infrastructure.
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