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Company announcement/security

Callsign joins the Visa Fintech Partner Connect programme

Visa chooses Callsign, as their preferred behavioral biometric digital and device intelligence identity provider.

07 October 2021

Visa bids to make digital currencies interoperable

Visa is working on a 'universal payment channel' (UPC) that enables interoperability between different digital currencies such as CBDCs and private stablecoins.

30 September 2021

News/payments

Visa to house 1000 staff in new Atlanta office

Visa is to build a new office hub in the fintech-savvy city of Atlanta, tapping in to the city's entrepreneurial spirt and local talent pool.

30 September 2021

Company announcement/startups

Visa provides grants to women-owned businesses in Ireland

Visa is today launching its global programme ‘She’s Next, Empowered by Visa’ in Ireland, to support women-led small and independent businesses, many of which have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

28 September 2021

Company announcement/payments

Payfare adds Visa SavingsEdge to platform

Payfare Inc. (TSX: PAY), a leading fintech powering instant payout and digital banking solutions for gig workers, today announced that it is collaborating with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to add Visa SavingsEdge to its platform, starting with the nationwide DoorDash DasherDirect card program.

22 September 2021

Company announcement/security

Zūm Rails taps Visa to boost security for real-time payments

Zūm Rails, a leader in open-banking and intelligent payment software, today announced a new set of anti-fraud tools to enhance the security of its Instant Deposit feature.

16 September 2021

Company announcement/identity

Veriff joins Visa Fintech Partner Connect programme

Veriff, a global identity verification (IDV) provider, today announced that it has joined Visa Fintech Partner Connect to provide both fintechs and traditional issuers with a fully automated, AI-powered identity verification platform.

16 September 2021

Company announcement/payments

ReceiptHero teams with Visa and Mastercard for European expansion

ReceiptHero, a digital receipt platform based in Finland announces a new partnership with Visa and Mastercard to provide an alternative to the paper receipt.

16 September 2021

Company announcement/payments

Chase and Visa to make charity donation when New Yorkers tap to ride

Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Visa (NYSE: V) have announced that starting today and through September, when riders tap on MTA subways or buses with a Chase Visa contactless card, they will donate 10 cents per tap, up to $250,000, to local nonprofit New York Cares.1

30 August 2021

News/people

Currencycloud appoints new COO and CTO

Currencycloud, a global platform that enables banks and fintechs to provide foreign exchange services for cross-border payments, has hired a pair of industry veterans to take on the COO and CTO roles.

26 August 2021

Company announcement