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Visa to pilot request to pay bill management platform in UK

Visa is to use its request to pay platform to pilot a consolidated bill payment and subscription management service for UK consumers.

07 December 2021

Company announcement/payments

Bahrain's Batelco taps i2c for payments app

I2C Inc., a leading provider of digital payment and banking technology, today announced its partnership with BEYON Money, the mobile super app launched by Batelco Financial Services, which is the fintech arm of Bahrain’s leading digital solutions and telecommunications provider.

03 December 2021

News/payments

Visa invests in Australian Open Banking platform Basiq

Australian Open Banking platform Basiq has received an equity investment from Visa, continuing the trend for card schemes to invest in technology that threatens to bypass their traditional payment rails.

24 November 2021

News/payments

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

News/payments

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