Tagged: visa

November 17, 2022 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global innovation platform, Plug and Play, together with founding partners Visa, AllianceBlock, The INX Digital Company, IGT, and Franklin Templeton, has announced “the launch of their new Crypto and Digital Assets program in Silicon Valley.” The program aims “to connect international startups with the founding… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s not your “imagination.” Digital scams are “everywhere in our daily lives.” And as the holiday season approaches, fraudsters are “counting on you to let your guard down and take the bait,” according to an update from Visa (NYSE: V). Whether in the workplace or… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the global financial superapp with more than 20 million customers worldwide, and more than five million retail customers in the UK, has released its Poppy card in partnership with the Royal British Legion and Visa. The card provides Revolut’s UK customers “with a unique… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

U.S. startup Karta.io, the financial OS for e-commerce teams, announced that it joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program. Through the program, Karta.io will “have access to the tools and resources needed to scale its business using the reach, capabilities, and security that VisaNet, Visa’s global… Read More

October 31, 2022 @ 8:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), which claims to be the world’s leader in digital payments, announced plans to open a state-of-the art Innovation Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia “at the Future Investment Initiative.” The facility, that will be operational by the end of 2023, is “being built… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 4:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

The lines continue to blur between more traditional Fintechs and digital asset platforms. Today, Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) has announced a partnership with Blockchain.com to provide a Visa card that now claims 50K+ sign-ups at launch. The new card, first available to US customers, will be fee-free… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) is partnering with Thunes to help individuals and small businesses move money internationally to 78 digital wallet providers, “reaching 1.5 billion digital wallets across 44 countries and territories.” This partnership will now “expand Visa Direct’s reach to nearly 7 billion endpoints, including… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) has announced new collaborations across the payment ecosystem, “to bring Installments enabled by Visa to more eligible credit cardholders.” With Installments enabled by Visa, consumers have the option “to convert qualifying purchases into smaller, predictable installment payments made over a defined period… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the leader in digital payments, shared an updated look at how fraud has evolved since the height of the pandemic, with criminals simultaneously “targeting online and offline vulnerabilities as our daily lives return to a blend of in-person and e-commerce experiences.” Paul… Read More

October 8, 2022 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

West Realm Shires Services Inc. and FTX Trading Limited, the companies behind FTX US and FTX.COM respectively (collectively referred to as “FTX”), and Visa, which claims to be a world leader in digital payments, announced “a long-term global partnership.” As a part of the alliance,… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Canada and TD Securities announced an innovative collaboration as TD becomes the first Canadian financial institution “to join Visa B2B Connect, a cross-border business-to-business (B2B) payments network, enabling account to account, international payments quickly, securely, and with predictability.” According to Visa (NYSE: V) research,… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HPS, the global provider of payment solutions and services, announced it has obtained a principal membership license from Visa, the world leader in digital payments, which will enable HPS’ clients “to join the global Visa payments network.” In addition to HPS’ full processing capabilities, HPS… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Samsung, which claims to be India’s largest consumer electronics company, and Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, have partnered “to launch an exclusive co- branded credit card, powered by Visa.” With the Samsung Axis Bank Credit Card, consumers will “get 10% cashback across… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), one of the world’s leaders in digital payments, has announced its participation in the Canadian expansion of instant transfers, Square‘s solution for rapid merchant settlement. Square’s instant transfers are “enabled by Visa Direct, a VisaNet processing capability helping transform global money movement… Read More

September 23, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra and Visa ( NYSE: V) announced a Banking as a Service (BaaS) collaboration to co-develop new functionality on its Payments Hub solutions and implement Visa Direct – which provides access “to more than two billion accounts through push to account offerings.” The new capability… Read More

September 14, 2022 @ 11:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today announced the expansion of Real Time Visa Account Updater (VAU) to Europe. As the first platform to offer Real Time VAU coverage in Europe with Visa, Adyen will help its customers… Read More

September 11, 2022 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a financial technology company, recently announced the launch of Friday, a  general purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid card and app, which “unlocks instant no-fee on-demand pay transfers for DailyPay users.” Friday, created in partnership with Visa, the digital payments giant, and The Bancorp Bank, Member… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Users of the NFT marketplace, iNFTSpace, can now enjoy more direct purchases of digital artworks via Alchemy Pay’s fiat-to-crypto gateway plugin. This on/off ramp is now being “integrated across all areas of blockchain.” For up and coming projects, such as iNFTspace, this is “the first… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Karachi-headquartered Fintech firm Safepay HQ is reportedly going live with Cybersource (a product of payments service provider Visa) in order to bring Pakistani merchants new ways to allow their clients to pay them online. Safepay is a payment service provider that has reportedly received pilot… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced that the company has now issued more than 4 billion network tokens worldwide “through Visa Token Service (VTS), marking a major milestone in its proprietary offering to help secure digital payments and further accelerate ecommerce innovation and acceptance.” This milestone, which… Read More