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August 17, 2020 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plastiq, a U.S.-based intelligent payments solution for small business, announced on Friday it has launched on Visa’s Small Business Hub. According to Plastiq, the Visa Small Business Hub helps the small business community to create and strengthen customer relationships through claimed safe, digitally-enabled practices. “The… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 9:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments giant Visa (NYSE: V) is reportedly set to enter the emerging installment payments sector. Visa’s management said the firm is currently working with several partners on various initiatives in the US. Installment payments, where consumers at the point-of-sale are able to pay off their… Read More

July 6, 2020 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cuy Sheffield, the head of Crypto at Visa, says that central bank digital currencies (CBDC) could potentially prove to be one of most important developments in the coming decade. Sheffield, who previously worked in business development at TrialPay, is now responsible for overseeing Visa’s crypto-related… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company, for the development and delivery of payment solutions in an effort to drive financial inclusion and cashless transactions for domestic payments and global remittances. The… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 3:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced on Monday it has launched a digital tool, Advanced Identity Score, to help U.S. financial institutions with their efforts to combat new account fraud. According to Visa, Advanced Identity Score combines Visa’s artificial intelligence and predictive machine learning capabilities with… Read More

May 21, 2020 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoodData, an established global analytics firm, confirmed on May 20, 2020 that it had formed a partnership with digital payments giant Visa (NYSE:V). As noted in a press release, Visa Ventures has made a strategic investment into GoodData’s operations. Visa plans to continue supporting access… Read More

May 19, 2020 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Plaid has announced the launch of “Plaid Exchange,” an open banking platform for financial institutions. The company states that the API solution for all financial institutions will help propel the industry closer to a fully digital future. Plaid says the launch comes at a… Read More

May 4, 2020 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Safaricom, a Kenya-based telecom company and operator of M-Pesa, announced last week it has formed a new partnership with Visa (NYSE: V) to enable the development of products that will support digital payments for M-PESA customers. M-Pesa is a mobile banking service that allows users… Read More

April 20, 2020 @ 7:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Monday it has joined forces with Visa to be the preferred payment processor for Visa as a way to boost the Visa Fintech Fast Track Program in the Middle East region. According to… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 11:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mobile payments company Paga earlier this week it has formed a partnership with Visa to accelerate its payment solutions. According to Paga, the Visa partnership is in line with Visa’s goal to drive alternative payment channels, such as mobile wallets, within its global ecosystem. The… Read More

February 19, 2020 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading multinational firm focused on offering financial services technology platforms, has teamed up with Visa, Samsung and PayCore in order to test the use of consumer-grade smartphones as PIN-entry devices for retail sales transactions. The new capability can be accessed… Read More

February 18, 2020 @ 9:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rapyd, a global B2B Fintech as a Service provider, announced on Tuesday it has signed a new agreement with Visa (NYSE: V) to help expand its worldwide business operations. Through the partnership, Rapyd will collaborate with Visa to offer fintech and payment services, in which… Read More

February 6, 2020 @ 1:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astra, an automation platform, recently revealed that it had joined payments giant Visa’s US-based Fintech Fast Track Program. Astra has a mobile app that assists US customers in improving their cash flow and helps them save time using established rules that automatically transfer funds between… Read More

February 4, 2020 @ 7:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Targeting global growth, Bankable, a “Banking as a Service” provider, has formed a partnership with Visa, according to a company release. Bankable said it seeks to provide Visa’s U.S. clients, including corporate customers, access to its real-time and modular banking solutions. Bankable says this will… Read More

January 23, 2020 @ 8:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments giant Visa is reportedly set to take its “access to cash” program industry-wide by teaming up with several financial institutions, in order to provide high street retailers in remote areas a fee for handling over the counter (OTC) cashback transactions. The launch of the… Read More

January 16, 2020 @ 3:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

On January 13th, Visa (NYSE: V) announced it had purchased the Fintech Plaid as the old school credit card rails company seeks to boost its innovation cred. Visa paid a whopping $5.3 billion to acquire Plaid – a nice exit for early investors. Al Kelly,… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa announced on Wednesday it is launching its Fintech Fast Track program in the U.S. According to Visa, Fast Track aims to speed up the process of integrating with Visa, to allow startups the ability to more “easily leverage” the reach, capabilities and security VisaNet,… Read More

June 28, 2019 @ 4:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced on Friday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Verifi, a technology solutions company that reduce chargebacks. Visa reported it will integrate Verifi’s enhanced chargeback tools with Visa’s risk management services, including those delivered by CardinalCommerce and CyberSource. “Buyers, sellers,… Read More

June 11, 2019 @ 4:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced on Tuesday the commercial launch of its new B2B Connect network. According to Visa, the platform was created to give financial institutions an ability to quickly and securely process high-value corporate cross-border payments globally. The Visa B2B Connect launch will… Read More

June 4, 2019 @ 10:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cross-border payment platform Currencycloud announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with credit card giant Visa (NYSE: V) to drive further innovation in cross-border and travel payments. The partnership will see Currencycloud aligned with Visa’s broader mission to help people make secure and… Read More