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Amazon to ban Visa credit cards in the UK

Amazon UK is to stop accepting credit cards from Visa, blaming the ban on the 'high cost of payments'.

17 November 2021

Salvation Army rings the bells for contactless giving

Visa has initiated a pilot programme with The Salvation Army and tiptap to make donations contactless at the charitie’s iconic Red Kettles this holiday season.

17 November 2021

News/sustainable

Visa launches Eco Benefits bundle

Visa has unveiled a package of sustainability-focused benefits for account issuers designed to enable and encourage their cardholders to go green.

10 November 2021

News/payments

Daimler drivers will soon be able to pay with a finger

Daimler drivers will soon be able to pay for goods and services with the touch of a fingeprint, under a new 'connected car' partnership with Visa.

09 November 2021

News/startups

Fidelity and Visa back emerging markets lender Jumo

Jumo, a South African and London-based fintech startup that helps the underbanked get access to financial services such as loans and savings products, has raised $120 million with backing from Fidelity and Visa.

08 November 2021

Company announcement/crypto

FV Bank prep crypto-linked Visa card programmes

FV Bank, the rapidly growing U.S. licensed global challenger bank and digital asset custodian, has announced that it has been approved as a Principal Member of Visa.

28 October 2021

Company announcement/payments

Malaysia's Touch 'n Go joins Visa Fast track programme

Touch ‘n Go Group, via the Touch ‘n Go eWallet, has entered into a strategic partnership with Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments.

28 October 2021

News/startups

Visa invests in card tech startup Deserve

Visa has followed Mastercard in investing in Deserve, a provider of bespoke white label mobile-centric API and SDK-based credit card technology.

28 October 2021

News/payments

Visa boasts it is fuelling BNPL around the world

With new RBC analysis suggesting that the US buy now, pay later market is set for explosive growth, Visa says issuers, acquirers and fintechs are snapping up its instalment payments technology.

27 October 2021

Company announcement/startups

Hong Kong’s Bloom partners with Visa to create spending cashback app

In celebration of its first anniversary, local technology startup Bloom announced a collaboration with Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, to create Hong Kong’s first true spending cash-back app. Starting today, Bloom’s app, named Bloom, comes with a major upgrade to user experience, helping smart consumers build a simplistic yet trendy lifestyle.

15 October 2021

Company announcement/payments

Veem partners Visa on domestic and cross-border payments

Veem, the global payment network for small-to-midsize businesses, today announced a collaboration with Visa, the world's leader in digital payments.

14 October 2021

Company announcement/payments

Nuvei taps Visa Direct for fast payouts

Nuvei Corporation (“Nuvei” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq and TSX: NVEI), the global payment technology partner of thriving brands, announced today its collaboration with Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, to offer Nuvei’s U.S. clients access to fast payouts via implementation of Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time2 push payments platform.

11 October 2021