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November 9, 2023 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a digital payments provider, announced the launch of its AI Advisory Practice. The new value-added service, “offered by Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA), the payments consulting arm of Visa, focuses on providing actionable insights and recommendations to empower clients to unlock the… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 1:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a global payments technology company, announced the launch of the Visa Payments Learning Program designed to upskill employees, students, clients and military talent through training courses and certifications to support a sustainable and diverse talent pipeline. The initial focus of this program… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGO, a global technology leader known for its innovative RTC (Real Time Communications) based products, announces its partnership with Checkout.com and Visa in order “to transform cross-border payouts for content creators in the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.” BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. has… Read More

November 2, 2023 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global spend management platform, Payhawk announces that it has become a principal member of Visa. The membership supports Payhawk’s mission “to simplify business payments, by accelerating new product innovation.” The membership also “supports greater service reliability and resilience for Payhawk customers.” Payhawk’s platform provides businesses… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paymentology, a global issuer-processor, today announces it is the first issuer processor in Europe to secure Visa Cloud Connect (VCC) certification from Visa, a digital payments provider. Paymentology claims that it is “at the forefront of innovation in the fintech and banking sector, providing a… Read More

October 26, 2023 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced impactful Instant Savings offers for small businesses (SMBs) across North America, comprised of tools and resources aimed at enabling small businesses to grow and meet the expectations of their customers. Through the Visa SavingsEdge website, eligible Visa Small Business cardholders… Read More

October 13, 2023 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fime Asia in Taiwan has been accredited by Visa (NYSE: V) in order to support vendors to validate the Level 2 compliance of their contactless payment terminals. This gives solution providers in the APAC region “a local one-stop shop for all their payment compliance needs,… Read More

September 18, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) and Currencycloud, the firm simplifying business in a multi-currency world, announces Visa Cross-Border Solutions, formerly known as Visa Treasury as a Service, delivering cross-border money movement solutions for banks, Fintechs, FX brokers, corporates, and other payment institutions. Visa Cross-Border Solutions reportedly… Read More

September 16, 2023 @ 5:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

United Kingdom Fintech Paysend and Visa this week announced a strategic collaboration enabling Paysend’s customers globally to send money in real-time to eligible Visa cards across 170 countries and territories. The five-year partnership aims to revolutionize international money transfers through Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time money… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) revealed findings from the seventh edition of its Global Back to Business Study, which found that a majority of surveyed small and micro businesses (SMBs) plan to prioritize cross-border sales as they look to scale beyond Main Street and High Street to… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 1:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), which claims to be world leader in digital payments, released the Fall 2023 edition of its Biannual Threats Report which “highlights emerging fraud schemes targeting the global economy.” This edition showcases “a significant rise of phishing schemes proliferated through generative AI tools,… Read More

September 9, 2023 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Austin Federa, head of strategy at the Solana Foundation, recently noted that firms such as Visa (NYSE: V)  expanding their stablecoin capabilities via the Solana network enhances the perception of the crypto space, which has witnessed numerous scandals and lawsuits during the last few months…. Read More

September 7, 2023 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of its ongoing initiatives aimed to positively impact the environment at a global level, branded payments provider Blackhawk Network (BHN) says that it is working alongside Visa (NYSE: V) in order to transition its network branded prepaid products “distributed by third party retail… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) says it is modernizing cross-border money movement as it improves its stablecoin settlement capabilities with the Solana blockchain. Simultaneoulsy, Visa reports that it is working with merchant acquirers Worldpay and Nuvei. Visa says it has “moved millions of USDC between its partners… Read More

August 31, 2023 @ 4:57 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Uplinq, a global credit and scoring assessment platform for small business lenders, has teamed up with digital payments giant Visa to provide scoring and risk assessment tools to small business lenders throughout the US and Canada. As per the agreement, Visa will facilitate the introduction… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 3:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) and CB International Bank (CBiBank) announce the launching of an innovative cross-border B2B payments solution for businesses worldwide. CBiBank has officially “joined the Visa B2B Connect platform, ushering in a new era of faster, more cost-effective, and secure B2B payment services.”… Read More

July 24, 2023 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarpay AG is pleased to announce an enhancement to its services, allowing clients to create U.S. Dollar denominated Visa debit cards “linked to Corporate USD accounts.” This offering aims “to improve the way Klarpay clients transact with popular services, which are often charged in USD,… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Car IQ Inc., which claims to be a pioneer in vehicle payments, has reportedly teamed up with Visa (NYSE: V), a world leader in digital payments, in order “to enable vehicles to transact directly with Visa’s global ecosystem of merchants and banks, and purchase fuel,… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pismo for $1 billion in cash. Together, they will be positioned “to provide core banking and issuer processing capabilities across debit, prepaid, credit and commercial cards for clients via cloud native APIs.”… Read More

June 20, 2023 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Froda is launching a card-based embedded lending solution in Denmark in partnership with digital bank Lunar and Visa. According to a public statement, the launch follows a successful test period, as the company strives to make it faster and cheaper for SMEs to access growth… Read More