Rain Expands Visa Membership to Asia Pacific, Advancing Global Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure Reach
Rain’s expanded issuing footprint enables global consumer and corporate credit card programmes in some of the world’s most digitally active countries.
New York, (ANTARA/PRNewswire) - Rain, a high-tier infrastructure for stablecoin-backed payments, today announced the expansion of its Visa membership to the Asia-Pacific (APAC). Through Visa, the global leader in digital payments, Rain is expanding its card issuing footprint in the region, broadening its global infrastructure, and enabling partners to launch and scale consumer and corporate credit card programmes in some of the world’s most digitally active countries, with initial launches expected in the second quarter of 2026.
This expansion builds on Rain’s existing issuing infrastructure and introduces a regulated presence in the region, strengthening the company’s long-term issuing capabilities across Asia Pacific and enabling partners to launch and scale programmes with greater regional stability. This achievement positions Rain as one of the few stablecoin infrastructure platforms with direct Visa Membership support programmes on this scale.
Asia-Pacific has emerged as one of the world’s most active regions in terms of digital asset adoption, consistently ranking among the global leaders in stablecoin usage and home to some of the world’s largest remittance corridors. According to the International Monetary Fund, the region accounted for more than $500 billion in stablecoin transactions in 2024, making it the second-largest region globally after North America.
“Businesses operating internationally should not need to cobble together multiple issuing partners and vendors just to launch a global card programme,” said Farooq Malik, CEO and Co-Founder of Rain. “Our expansion into Asia-Pacific enables partners to build and scale global programmes through a single platform, while stablecoins enhance how money works behind the scenes.”
This expansion unlocks a range of high-impact payment use cases across the region, including:
Consumer and retail payments: Partners can launch Visa-branded card programmes across Asia Pacific, with acceptance at over 150 million merchant locations worldwide. Stablecoin-powered settlements flow behind the scenes while maintaining the familiar card experience for consumers.
Instant spendable remittances: Asia Pacific is home to some of the world’s largest remittance corridors. Stablecoin-backed card infrastructure enables recipients to spend remittance funds directly at Visa-accepting merchants worldwide, while preserving value within the provider ecosystem and reducing reliance on costly cash flows and bank transfers.
Corporate treasury and global payments: Export-driven businesses across Asia Pacific can leverage stablecoin-backed card infrastructure to manage multi-currency treasury operations, fund corporate cards, and distribute payments across global workforces and supply chains.
Rain’s model keeps stablecoins simple for end users. Cardholders transact as usual at millions of merchants worldwide, while efficient stablecoin settlements flow behind the scenes. This architecture enables companies to modernise their financial infrastructure without needing to change consumer behaviour or merchant acceptance.
“Visa is committed to supporting innovative partners and expanding global access to digital payments,” said Nischint Sanghavi, Visa’s Crypto Lead for the Asia Pacific region. “Our collaboration with Rain reflects our focus on delivering secure and scalable payment experiences as digital assets evolve.”
This achievement marks the beginning of Rain’s broader strategic development across Asia Pacific, with additional markets and programme capabilities expected throughout 2026 and beyond. It builds on Rain’s rapid growth and ongoing investments in seamless infrastructure, high-level compliance, and systems that enable partners to launch and scale payment programmes worldwide. As stablecoins become part of mainstream commerce, Rain remains focused on advancing infrastructure that makes tokenised money usable anywhere.
About Rain
Rain is a global stablecoin payment platform for enterprises, neobanks, platforms, and developers. The technology enables partners to move, store, and use stablecoins instantly and compliantly through global payment cards, rewards, on/offramps, wallets, and cross-border money movement systems. Rain issues cards usable at over 150 million merchants in 150 countries. Designed from the ground up for stablecoins and trusted by more than 200 companies worldwide, Rain provides secure and scalable infrastructure that makes money move instantly and borderlessly. Learn more at https://www.rain.xyz/.
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