Quantoz partners with Visa to make stablecoins spendable
Quantoz Payments has partnered with Visa to become a direct Visa principal member.
UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS, February 17, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Quantoz Payments B.V. (Quantoz) the Netherlands headquartered payments technology company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a partnership with Visa to become a direct Visa principal member. The agreement enables Quantoz to facilitate the issue of virtual Visa debit cards and act as a BIN-sponsor for third-party fintechs and platforms, allowing their customers to spend e-money/ stablecoins wherever Visa is accepted
Through the partnership, Quantoz will support the issuance of virtual Visa cards that can be used wherever Visa is accepted - online, in-store, and via mobile wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay. A customer’s account balance held with Quantoz will represent the spendable balance on the card, enabling fintechs and platforms to extend the utility of regulated digital money into familiar, everyday payment experiences. The solution is designed as part of Quantoz’s broader embedded payments offering, with technical integration currently underway.
Arnoud Star Busmann, CEO of Quantoz Payments, commented:
“Becoming a Visa principal member is a major milestone for Quantoz. It allows us to make regulated digital money truly usable in day-to-day payments, while removing the complexity for fintechs and platforms. By handling the regulatory, operational and technical heavy lifting, we enable our partners to launch branded card products that connect compliant digital money with one of the world’s most widely accepted payment networks.”
Jos van de Kerkhof, Visa Country Manager for the Netherlands, said:
“Visa is focused on enabling innovation across the payments ecosystem and supporting new ways for digital value to be used within trusted payment experiences. Partnerships like this help fintechs and platforms explore how regulated digital money can integrate with established card infrastructure, while maintaining strong standards for security and compliance.”
The partnership is focused on the European market and will allow fintech and platform partners to embed virtual Visa card issuance directly into their products, with flexibility around branding, pricing models and card controls. As integration progresses, Quantoz plans to work closely with partners to support new consumer and business payment use cases built on regulated digital money.
About Quantoz Payments
Founded in 2015, Quantoz N.V. is a financial technology company. Its subsidiary, Quantoz Payments, was founded in 2021 and issues USDQ, a US dollar backed E-Money Token (EMT) and two euro-backed EMTs, EURQ and EURD, within the European Economic Area. These EMTs facilitate fast, cheap, transparent and secure blockchain technology based payments.
Incorporated in the Netherlands, the Company holds an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the Dutch supervisory authority, the Dutch Central Bank. The funds received in exchange for the e-money tokens are held by Stichting Quantoz, a bankruptcy remote entity, which ensures that these funds are safeguarded following the requirements of MiCAR. The e-money tokens in circulation are fully backed 1-to-1 with fiat and highly liquid financial instruments. In addition, the Company is required to hold at least an additional 2% of reserves on its balance sheet. Quantoz Payments and Stichting Quantoz are subject to prudential supervision by DNB.
Carina Christiansen
Quantoz
carina@quantoz.com
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