Visa Direct | Q1 Product Drop — UK
VISA DIRECT
Q1 Product Drop
UK Client Edition · March 2026
What shipped. What it means for your TPV.
Four updates.
One clear direction.

Every feature in this drop is anchored to a single question: how does it increase the volume of money moving through your platform? Here's the answer, update by update.

Cross-Border
Gig & EWA
SMB Payroll
Remittance
iGaming
Insurance
TPV Context
£14.55B
UK baseline 6-month TPV (current cohort)
+£860M/mo
Incremental at full activation of this drop
34%
Avg TPV uplift: 2nd use case within 90 days
01
Infrastructure · All Tiers
FX Transparency Reporting — now live
Per-transaction FX rate attribution is now available in the dashboard and via API response. Clients can pass real cost breakdowns to end customers, removing the single most cited reason UK SMBs delay switching from bank transfers to real-time payouts.
TPV Impact
Reduces SMB abandonment at checkout by removing the "hidden fee" objection. Target: +8% conversion on UK–EU cross-border flows.
02
Reliability · All Tiers
Webhook upgrade: 99.97% delivery SLA
Settlement notification webhooks now operate on a hardened retry architecture with exponential backoff and dead-letter queue visibility. UK–EU corridor clients reporting reconciliation delays should see full resolution after migrating to the updated endpoint (v2.1).
TPV Impact
Reduces failed settlement notifications — the root cause of 60% of client-reported "stuck transaction" support tickets. Frees engineering hours for growth work.
03
Growth · Tier 2 Mid-Market
Multi-use-case activation guide: no re-integration required
Mid-market clients can now activate a second use case entirely through configuration — no new API integration. The self-serve playbook covers the five most common second use cases for UK platforms: EWA, marketplace payouts, insurance claims, G2C disbursements, and merchant settlement.
TPV Impact
Cohort data: clients on 2+ use cases generate 34% more monthly TPV on average. Activation window: 2–4 weeks.
04
Strategic · Pilot Cohort
Stablecoin settlement pilot: UK & EU opening
Visa Direct's stablecoin infrastructure — $3.7B in linked volume, $800M+ USDC settled since 2023 — is extending to selected UK clients in Q2. Designed for crypto-to-fiat corridors and treasury settlement use cases where traditional FX rails introduce unacceptable latency.
Pilot Access
Contact your Client Success Manager before 31 March to be considered for the UK pilot cohort. Limited to 15 clients.
Route Settlement Speed Delivery Methods What's New Use Case Fit
UK India
~30 sec Card · Account · UPI wallet New UPI endpoints expanded Remittance · Payroll · Gig
UK Nigeria
~2 min Account · Wallet New GTBank, Access, Zenith added Remittance · SMB Trade
UK Philippines
Real-time Card · GCash · Maya wallet New GCash & Maya live Remittance · Gig payouts
UK Mexico
<5 min Card · Account (SPEI) New SPEI integration Cross-border B2B · Marketplace
Now Live · Q1
FX Transparency Dashboard
Per-transaction rate attribution. v2.1 API.
Live
Q2 2026
Stablecoin Settlement Pilot
UK & EU cohort. USDC-based. 15 client slots.
Pilot Open
Q2 2026
Embedded FX Hedging API
Lock rates at transaction initiation for B2B corridors.
Coming Soon
One action. Measurable TPV.
Schedule your Q1 QBR. Walk away with a corridor opportunity analysis and a second use case activation plan.