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Visa invests in stablecoin startup BVNK

Visa Ventures has made a strategic investment in stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK.

06 May 2025

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Visa unveils agentic commerce and stablecoin plays

Visa has unveiled its plans for two of the next big things in payments: agentic commerce and stablecoins.

01 May 2025

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Meet the minds shaping the future of payments at NextGen Nordics

The rapidly evolving world of payments is being shaped by some of the brightest minds across industries, and this year’s NextGen Nordics event on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden is set to be a pivotal moment in exploring how the sector is advancing. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to engage with leading figures driving innovation, digital transformation, and the future of financial services in the Nordic region.

04 April 2025

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Avalanche launches Visa crypto card

The Avalanche Foundation has launched a physical and digital credit card that lets users make purchases against the value of their crypto assets anywhere Visa is accepted.

26 February 2025

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Visa launches platform to help banks issue fiat-backed tokens

Visa has unveiled a platform that helps banks issue and manage fiat-backed tokens such as stablecoins on blockchain networks.

04 October 2024

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Hong Kong regulator launches tokenisation pilot

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has started the second phase of its digital Hong Kong dollar pilot study.

24 September 2024

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Visa and dtcpay team on crypto-to-fiat card

Singapore's dtcpay is teaming up with Visa on a card that enables ultra high net worth individuals to convert their digital currencies such as stablecoins into fiat at real-time rates.

20 September 2024

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Visa and Tangem combine payment card with crypto wallet

Crypto wallet provider Tangem is partnering with Visa on the launch of a payment card that will be integrated with the Swiss firm's self-custodial hardware wallet.

09 July 2024

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Visa looks to generative AI to enhance tokenisation

At Money 20/20 Europe, Mehret Habteab, senior VP of product and solutions at Visa Europe, announced the company generated $40 billion in incremental e-commerce revenue globally, after issuing over 10 billion tokens since their launch in 2014.

04 June 2024

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Visa develops dashboard to make sense of stablecoin activity

Visa has teamed up with blockchain data provider Allium Labs to build a dashboard that helps people make sense of stablecoin activity.

26 April 2024

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Transak taps Visa Direct for global crypto withdrawals

Web3 payments infrastructure provider Transak is working with Visa to let its users convert their crypto into local fiat currencies.

31 January 2024

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Visa trials tokenised deposits for e-HKD pilot programme

Visa has disclosed the findings of a pilot test of tokenised deposits for B2B payments with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank as part of trials of an e-HK CBDC programme.

02 November 2023

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