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Visa opens resource portal for fintechs

Visa is looking to cosy up to fintech firms through the launch of an online portal giving them "unprecedented" access to its technologies and network.

26 September 2019

Company announcement/Sibos

Visa B2B Connect doubles global reach since June 2019

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced that its Visa B2B Connect network has doubled its reach – from 30 global trade corridors at launch in June 2019, to 62, with the goal to expand to over 100 countries in 2020.

23 September 2019

Company announcement

Tribe Payments secures Visa certification

Tribe Payments, a team of industry experts dedicated to delivering the future of payments, has secured certification from Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, as an issuer and acquirer processor across Europe.

17 September 2019

News

Visa and Mastercard join Plaid financing

Visa and Mastercard have joined a $250 million financing round in Plaid, a US startup that links consumer bank accounts with fintech apps.

16 September 2019

News/payments

Visa, Samsung and First Data team on dongle-less mPOS payments

Samsung, Visa and Fiserv unit First Data have teamed up to make the mPOS dongle a thing of the past, replacing it with a software-based system that lets merchants accept contactless payments of any amount on their handsets without the need for any additional hardware.

09 September 2019

Company announcement

Visa and Mastercard join Financial Data Exchange

The Financial Data Exchange welcomed eight new members between May 1 and July 31, 2019, bringing the total membership to 55 organizations spanning the full breadth of financial services ecosystem, from financial institutions to data aggregators, banking core processors and fintechs.

28 August 2019

Company announcement

Plastiq now available to US Visa commercial cardholders

Plastiq today announced US Visa commercial cardholders can now use its platform to pay vendors, even those who currently do not accept card payments.

21 August 2019

News

Visa launches security suite

Visa has unveiled a suite of new security services and capabilities to detect and disrupt fraud threats targeting banks and merchants.

21 August 2019

Company announcement

Singaporeans can now use their Visa cards to pay utility bills via SP mobile app

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, announced its partnership with SP Group, the largest utility provider in Singapore, to enable Singaporeans to make digital payments with their Visa cards for SP utility bills via its mobile app.

15 August 2019

News

NAB tests 'tap-on-phone' payment software

National Australia Bank is testing 'tap'on-phone' software as an alternative to physical payment terminals for small business customers.

06 August 2019

Company announcement

Visa appoints former Amex exec Fabara as chief risk officer

Visa Inc. (V) announced today that Paul D. Fabara will join Visa as Chief Risk Officer, effective Sept. 3.

31 July 2019

Company announcement/startups

Visa exports Fintech Fast Track programme to the US

Fintechs are transforming the global payments ecosystem at a rapid pace, changing the way people invest, manage money, receive loans, and send real-time payments to friends and family.

31 July 2019