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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

July 28, 2017 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) and Marqeta, a payment card issuing platform that can provide consumers with immediate loans, has announced a global partnership to propel innovations in commercial and consumer payments in lending. Visa has also made a strategic investment in Marqeta and led a $25… Read More

June 27, 2017 @ 4:09 pm By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Last week, Visa posted a new job opening for an Ethereum engineer to continue work on the company’s growing blockchain technology products. The company had previously launched an international B2B payment solution that utilized blockchain technology last year. Ethereum Developer Wanted The job posting describes Visa’s… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 4:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

PayPal (PYPL) and Visa (NYSE:V) have extended their U.S. partnership to the Asian Pacific market, a move that will see them work collaboratively to accelerate the adoption of secure, reliable and convenient digital and mobile payments for consumers and merchants in markets throughout the region. This… Read More

December 8, 2016 @ 3:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Visa has partnered with the Hong Kong-based VC firm and incubator Nest to run a four-day fintech bootcamp in Nairobi for innovative startups in Africa, according to a release. Nest mentors will join executives from Visa’s teams in Kenya, South Africa, and the UAE to coach selected… Read More