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FinextraTV spotlight on NextGen Nordics: P27 Momentum

FinextraTV reports from NextGen Nordics: P27 Momentum, the first in a series of events shaping the P27 Nordic Payments journey. Payments professionals came together at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm to gain insight on this world first, real-time and batch multi-currency platform, which is revolutionising the future of payments. P27 Nordic Payments, Klarna, Mastercard, Visa, EPAM, ACI Worldwide, NETS, Tieto, Fiserv, Equinix and Vipps are among the many leading institutions to share their views exclusively with Finextra Research.

09 December 2019

Company announcement

Visa recruits four new partners for plastic-focused Fintech Fast Track programme

Visa, the world’s leading digital payments technology company, has announced a series of new partners that will make it easier for fintechs to issue payment cards in physical plastic or digital formats.

03 December 2019

News/startups

Monzo hires Visa's Anil to lead US expansion

UK digital bank Monzo has hired Visa's global head of payment products and platforms, TS Anil, to lead its push into the US.

03 December 2019

Company announcement/startups

Bankable opens Middle East & Africa hub in Dubai

Bankable, the global provider of “Banking as a Service” solutions, and Visa today announced a strategic collaboration within the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region. Bankable aims to work with Visa to accelerate the digital capabilities of financial institutions’, build and launch digital banks, reduce cash usage and increase Fintech sponsorship in CEMEA.

27 November 2019

News/security

Cornèrcard launches biometric credit card

Switzerland's Cornèrcard has teamed up with Gemalto and Visa to launch the country's first credit card featuring a biometric fingerprint reader.

21 November 2019

News

Georgian neo bank Space to go global with Visa partnership

Georgian neo bank Space, an app-only offshoot of FTSE 250 TBC Bank, is to expand its international footprint through a partnership agreement with Visa.

14 November 2019

Company announcement

Turkey's İşbank pioneers implementation of 3D Secure 2.0 with Visa

The largest private bank in Turkey, İşbank, became the first Visa partner in Europe to complete EMV 3DS (3D Secure 2.0) implementation.

13 November 2019

Company announcement

Mesh partners with Visa for cross-border B2B payments

Mesh, today announced a collaboration with Visa to help suppliers and service providers around the world accept payment using Visa virtual prepaid commercial cards while benefiting from the speed, simplicity and transparency of the Mesh payment platform.

13 November 2019

News

Visa acquires minority stake in Nigeria's Interswitch

Visa is to acquire a 'significant' minority equity stake in Nigerian payments processor Interswitch in a deal that propels the African firm into Unicorn territory.

12 November 2019

Company announcement

Nium partners with Visa to provide instant money transfers in Southeast Asia

Nium, a fast-growing digital cross-border payments platform, is enabling users to make real-time money transfers to Visa debit cardholders across Southeast Asia powered by Visa’s real-time[1] push payments solution - Visa Direct.

11 November 2019

Company announcement

Visa to build new global HQ in San Francisco

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced its plans to lease a new, 300,000 square foot, 13-story building in the vibrant Mission Rock neighborhood of San Francisco, which will serve as Visa’s new global headquarters once completed.

07 November 2019

News/payments

Visa invests in ultrasonic data transmission firm

Visa has made a strategic investment in Lisnr, an ultrasonic data transmission specialist offering an alternative to NFC and QR code-based mobile payments. The size of the investment has not been disclosed.

05 November 2019