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Visa to issue sustainable plastic cards

Visa is to roll out cards made from recycled plastic to all financial institutions globally.

17 June 2020

WhatsApp launches payments service in Brazil

Facebook has launched its WhatsApp payments service in Brazil, enabling people to send money and make purchases from within the chat app.

15 June 2020

News/security

NatWest tests behavioural biometrics for Strong Customer Authentication

In a move that could signal the beginning of the end for passwords, NatWest is teaming up with Visa to test the use of behavioural biometrics for the upcoming Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) rules.

15 June 2020

News/payments

BBVA Open Platform helps firms move money in real-time

BBVA's API-powered open banking platform has launched a real-time payments service via Visa Direct, for US companies.

11 June 2020

Company announcement/payments

Nium becomes Visa issuer in Australia

Nium, a global financial technology platform, has become a Visa issuer in Australia as part of its membership in Visa's Fintech Fast Track programme.

09 June 2020

News/payments

Russian store goes cashierless with Sberbank and Visa

Russia's Sberbank has teamed up with Visa and retailer Azbuka Vkusa to open a cashierless store where customers simply take items from shelves and are automatically charged.

09 June 2020

News/startups

Vivid Money taps solarisBank and Visa for launch in Germany

Vivid Money, a mobile banking startup funded by Russia's Tinkoff Bank, is launching in Germany with support from Berlin-based solarisBank and Visa.

08 June 2020

Company announcement/security

Ondot to provide Visa with tokenisation services through card app

Ondot Systems, the digital card services platform for credit and debit issuers, today announced its collaboration with Visa Token Service, enabling the company to begin tokenizing credential-on-file digital payments on behalf of their clients for an additional level of security.

04 June 2020

Company announcement/people

Visa appoints Chris Newkirk from Capital One as chief strategy advisor

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) announced today that Chris Newkirk will join the company in the newly created position of Chief Strategy Officer.

28 May 2020

Company announcement/payments

Mobile contactless payments on the rise in Singapore - Visa

Mobile contactless payments are on the rise in Singapore with 56 per cent of consumers embracing this new way to pay, according to Visa’s Consumer Payment Attitudes Study.

28 May 2020

News/payments

Visa completes Request to Pay pilot trials

Visa has facilitated the first request to pay message sent and received using standards developed by Pay.UK.

27 May 2020

Company announcement/startups

Malaysia's Soft Space joins Visa's Fast track programme

Visa announced today that Soft Space Sdn. Bhd. is joining Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program, becoming the first Fintech partner to do so in Malaysia.

21 May 2020