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Kuwait International Bank rolls out biometric cards

Kuwait International Bank has become the first lender to commercially roll out a biometric payments card using technology from Norwegian outfit Zwipe.

24 May 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Reimagining International Payments

Patrik Havander, Head of B2B Connect, Cross Border Money Movement Europe, Visa, discusses cross-border payments in Sweden at NextGen Nordics 2023, addressing its challenges and exploring the options available to overcome them.

18 May 2023

Company announcement/startups

Visa inducts seven new startups into Asia Pacific accelerator

Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today announced seven new startups it will partner as part of its Visa Accelerator Program in Asia Pacific.

16 May 2023

News/retail

Mastercard taps open banking for digital account opening

Mastercard has unveiled a digital account opening tool that uses open banking to integrate customer verification with identity insights into a single API.

11 May 2023

Company announcement/payments

Visa invests in TerraPay

TerraPay, a leading global payments infrastructure company, today announces a strategic equity investment from Visa, a world leader in digital payments.

10 May 2023

News/crypto

Visa uses CBDC for programmable finance prototype for farmers

Taking up a challenge from Brazil's central bank, Visa has built a prototype of a programmable finance platform for farmers using a CBDC.

10 May 2023

Company announcement/retail

Tarabut Gateway and Visa form open banking partnership

Tarabut Gateway, the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA’s) leading open banking platform, announces a strategic partnership with the global digital payment leader Visa.

09 May 2023

Company announcement/payments

Hanseatic Bank enahances banking app in co-operation with Visa and Snowddrop Solutions

Hanseatic Bank now offers its customers new services in its banking app.

03 May 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Enabling the ecosystem & influencing User Experience

Speaking at Merchant Payments Ecosystem 2023, Dan Penn, Director of Digital Partner Development, Visa, and Laura Birch, Director of Enablers & Fintech, Visa, discuss digital payments, user experience and trends for the year ahead.

02 May 2023

News/payments

NextGen Nordics: Cross border payments are a political weapon

At NextGen Nordics in Stockholm this week, Finextra’s senior reporter Paige McNamee was joined by Patrik Havander, head of B2B connect/cross border money movement Europe, Visa; Daragh Kirby, head of sales & marketing, Intercope; Katja Lehr, managing director, EMEA payments and commerce solutions, JP Morgan Chase; and Dr Hubertus von Poser, member of the management board, PPI.

28 April 2023

News/crypto

Visa staffs up for 'ambitious' crypto plans

Visa is on the hunt for senior software engineers for an "ambitious crypto product roadmap" that will "drive mainstream adoption of public blockchain networks and stablecoin payments".

28 April 2023

News/payments

NextGen Nordics: Fintech firms and banks are now frenemies

Returning to the stage, Gary Wright, head of research at Finextra, stated that in 2023, we must address the unpredictability, high cost, low speed, lack of information and transparency issues associated with current networks to bolster international trade and financial inclusion.

25 April 2023