Visa


Visa Inc. is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Foster City, California, United States. It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit cards, gift cards, and debit cards.

(source: usa.visa.com)

Visa Invites Applications for FinTech Accelerator Program in Africa
Visa Invites Applications for FinTech Accelerator Program in Africa
January 29, 2024  |  Startups

Visa launched the second cohort for its Africa FinTech Accelerator program. The program aims to provide mentorship, training and networking opportunities to startups in Africa, the digital payments firm said...

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Visa Direct Transactions Grow 20%, New Flows a $200T Opportunity 
Visa Direct Transactions Grow 20%, New Flows a $200T Opportunity 
January 25, 2024  |  VISA

Visa’s fiscal first quarter results pointed to continued growth in consumer spending — particularly on travel — though growth rates are slowing. Management, however, noted...

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Economic Optimism Boosts Working Capital Use by Fleet and Mobility Companies
Economic Optimism Boosts Working Capital Use by Fleet and Mobility Companies
January 25, 2024  |  VISA

Access to working capital enables companies of all types to avoid operational disturbances in the short term and power growth for the long term. Use...

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Ingenico and Cybersource Debut a Cross-Border Commerce Platform
Ingenico and Cybersource Debut a Cross-Border Commerce Platform
January 23, 2024  |  Partnerships

Point-of-sale technology firm Ingenico teamed up with Cybersource, Visa’s global payment and fraud management platform. The two companies created a secured unified commerce solution, starting...

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Visa Canada and Plug and Play Partner to Support FinTechs
Visa Canada and Plug and Play Partner to Support FinTechs
January 22, 2024  |  Fintech Investments

Visa Canada will support the entrance of accelerator and venture capital (VC) firm Plug and Play into the Canadian FinTech market. This collaboration will enable Canadian FinTechs to...

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Digital Wallets, Pay by Bank and Push to Card Can Transform Cross-Border Payments
Digital Wallets, Pay by Bank and Push to Card Can Transform Cross-Border Payments
January 19, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Cross-border money movement’s digital makeover rests with a variety of endpoints. More specifically, the more ways there are to send and receive, the more options...

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Visa, Brightwell Expand X-Border Payment Partnership to Allow Bank Account and Wallet Payouts
Visa, Brightwell Expand X-Border Payment Partnership to Allow Bank Account and Wallet Payouts
January 17, 2024  |  Partnerships

Brightwell is using Visa Direct to allow payouts to eligible bank accounts and wallets worldwide. The collaboration makes Brightwell — a cross-border payment-focused FinTech —...

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Visa Completes Acquisition of Pismo, Expands Core Banking Offerings
Visa Completes Acquisition of Pismo, Expands Core Banking Offerings
January 16, 2024  |  VISA

Visa has completed its previously announced acquisition of Pismo. With the addition of this global cloud-native issuer processing and core banking platform, Visa and Pismo will together...

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Attack Vectors 2024: Protecting Against What’s Next in Deepfake Fraud 
Attack Vectors 2024: Protecting Against What’s Next in Deepfake Fraud 
January 09, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

“Dad, please send them the money. They say they are going to hurt me.” It is every parent’s worst nightmare: their child in trouble, being...

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