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Visa Inc. (NYSE: V)
Visa Inc. (/ˈviːzə/ or /ˈviːsə/) (also known as Visa, stylized as VISA) is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Foster City, California, United States.
Big Innovations Powering Small Business Growth Dominate This Week in B2B
May 2, 2024It is National Small Business Week in the U.S., and the spotlight is on business-to-business (B2B) innovation. That’s why PYMNTS spent Monday (April 29) unpacking how small businesses with big ambitions are turning to ...Read moreUK Consumers Love to Shop From the Comfort of Their Homes
May 2, 2024Shoppers in the United Kingdom love eCommerce, disproportionately preferring to make purchases online without engaging with physical stores, PYMNTS Intelligence reveals. By the Numbers The PYMNTS Intelligence study “2024 Global Digital Shopping ...Read moreGen Z Car Buyers Shop Digitally but Complete Purchases in Person
May 2, 2024Consumers — especially younger generations — are conducting more and more purchases digitally, but especially for high-consideration, large-ticket items such as cars, many shoppers are not willing to give up ...Read moreCompeting With Giants: How Small Businesses Can Optimize Their eCommerce Efforts
May 2, 2024This National Small Business Week, merchants are increasingly moving beyond Main Street — and into eCommerce. And with the news that the post-pandemic growth for most Main Street small and medium-sized ...Read morePayment Networks Spotlight Rise of Tokenization and Contactless Payments
May 2, 2024Four years ago, the pandemic began to give wings to contactless payments. Now, as shown by earnings results from the likes of Mastercard and Visa, the payment methodology has taken flight. PYMNTS Intelligence data noted earlier ...Read moreVisa Stresses Education as Small Businesses Confront Fraud Vulnerabilities
May 2, 2024Most crimes, as the saying goes, are crimes of opportunity. And that’s bad news for small businesses, whose lack of resources and challenges when accessing financing often leaves them ill-prepared for ...Read moreConsumers Aren’t Buying Many Handmade Trinkets Amid Economic Concern
May 1, 2024As consumers continue to feel the economic strain, they are cutting back on buying boutique, handmade items from independent creators, per Etsy’s latest earnings call. The marketplace shared in its first ...Read moreMeet the 2006 Payments Startup That Took ACH Payments Global
May 1, 2024Cross-border payments circa May 2024 have become a highly specialized sector of the payments industry. Look at the activity in this space, even year-to-date, and you’ll see companies like the Solana ...Read moreWhat CFOs Should Know About the Growing Use of Stablecoins
April 30, 2024Stablecoins, as their name implies, offer the benefits of cryptocurrency without the volatility. And with Visa having launched on April 25 the Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard to showcase how fiat-backed stablecoins move ...Read moreGrocery Shoppers Across Continents Demand Personalized Rewards
April 30, 2024No matter which side of the Atlantic they are on, grocery shoppers want loyalty programs with smarter, more relevant messaging, and merchants across the United Kingdom and the United States are ...Read more
Payment Networks Spotlight Rise of Tokenization and Contactless Payments
May 2, 2024Four years ago, the pandemic began to give wings to contactless payments. Now, as shown by earnings results from the likes of Mastercard and Visa, the payment methodology has taken flight. PYMNTS Intelligence data noted earlier ...Read moreVisa Stresses Education as Small Businesses Confront Fraud Vulnerabilities
May 2, 2024Most crimes, as the saying goes, are crimes of opportunity. And that’s bad news for small businesses, whose lack of resources and challenges when accessing financing often leaves them ill-prepared for ...Read moreReem Finance and Visa Partner on Digital Payments in UAE
April 29, 2024Reem Finance, a financial services provider in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has partnered with Visa to expand its offering of digital payment solutions. With the new strategic partnership agreement signed by the ...Read moreThis Week in B2B: Enterprise Metaverses, AI Accountants, Virtual Cards
April 25, 2024Innovation is a key factor in any company’s ability to succeed in the long run. And so are the ways in which they pay and get paid. That’s why, within the ...Read moreDigital Vehicle Wallets Shift Connected Car Payments Into Overdrive
April 25, 2024The golden rule for payments is to put yourself in the end users’ place. That’s because in payments, as in life and business, innovation is the key to unlocking new realms ...Read moreVisa CEO: ‘Long Runway’ Ahead as Digital Payments, Credentials Displace Cash and Checks
April 23, 2024Visa is seeing continued momentum in Tap to Pay and digital credential issuance, as consumers continue to spend on their debit and credit cards. CEO Ryan McInerney said on the call ...Read moreIssuers Look Beyond Inflation and Interest Rates to Managing Real-Time Fraudsters
April 23, 2024As global head of product at payment processor i2c, Seth Perlman has seen his share of headwinds and tailwinds in the banking business, including stints at Visa, Fiserv and PayPal. ...Read moreMore Payments Friction Coming for Customers
April 18, 2024The recent credit card surcharge agreement brings into focus the impact regulations could have on businesses. Spreedly Vice President of Product Joe Meuse explains what the changes could mean for ...Read moreSolving the Buy-Build-Partner Equation For Cross-Border Payments
April 15, 2024It’s a big world, but ongoing cross-border payments advances are helping make it smaller. That’s because, with the recent news that HighRadius has launched a B2B payments platform designed to improve payment processes across more ...Read moreSingapore’s Tranglo Expands Cross-Border Payments Network
April 8, 2024Tranglo has expanded its cross-border payment network to allow transfers to more than 30 digital wallets. The Singapore-based FinTech announced the expansion Monday (April 8), noting that its direct-to-wallet transfers eliminate the need for intermediaries ...Read more
NRF Takes Gloves Off in Swipe Fee Settlement Objection Filing
April 28, 2024The National Retail Federation (NRF) on Friday (April 26) asked a federal judge to reject the proposed settlement of a class-action antitrust lawsuit over swipe fees charged to merchants to ...Read moreCFPB Head Wary of Big Credit Card Mergers
April 24, 2024America’s leading consumer finance watchdog is skeptical about giant mergers between credit card companies. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra expressed these worries in a Wednesday (April 24) interview with the Financial Times (FT), ...Read moreVisa CEO: ‘Long Runway’ Ahead as Digital Payments, Credentials Displace Cash and Checks
April 23, 2024Visa is seeing continued momentum in Tap to Pay and digital credential issuance, as consumers continue to spend on their debit and credit cards. CEO Ryan McInerney said on the call ...Read moreAirwallex Debuts Borderless Visa Card for Canadian Businesses
April 10, 2024Airwallex has launched the Borderless Visa Card for businesses in Canada. The virtual card, announced Wednesday (April 10), is issued by Peoples Trust Company and lets Canadian businesses make payments anywhere Visa is accepted. “Operating across ...Read moreCard Delinquencies, Pressure on Account Openings Signal Rocky Road for Banks, Payment Networks
April 1, 2024Earnings season begins anew in just a few weeks, documenting the first few months of the year — and how the March quarter shaped up for all manner of enterprises. And ...Read moreMastercard, Visa Settlement Could Impact Rewards Small Businesses Value
March 29, 2024This week, Mastercard and Visa reached a multi-billion dollar settlement that may bring an end to 20-year legal battle between the two financial giants and merchants. Merchants have long complained that the ...Read moreVisa Extends Risk Management Solutions to Non-Visa Transactions
March 27, 2024As real-time and account-to-account transactions rise and payments fraud continues to rise with them, Visa is putting artificial intelligence (AI) to work. The company announced Wednesday (March 27) that it ...Read moreCard Networks’ $30 Billion Interchange Settlement Kicks Open Merchant Surcharge Door
March 26, 2024The simple math on the swipe fee agreement reached by Visa and Mastercard announced Tuesday (March 26) indicates that consumers may not feel much impact at all, at the register, ...Read moreMastercard, Visa Reach Settlement With Merchants in Swipe Fee Lawsuit
March 26, 2024Mastercard and Visa have reached a class action settlement with U.S. merchants, in a deal that aims to end 20 years of antitrust litigation around swipe fees and restrictions placed ...Read moreChime Extends Fee-Free Overdraft Feature to Credit Builder Card
March 25, 2024Chime’s fee-free overdraft feature, SpotMe, is now available when members use the Chime Secured Credit Builder Visa Credit Card, in addition to debit card purchases and cash withdrawals. With this overdraft line of ...Read more
Bloxcross, GoDirectPay Partner on Cross-Border Payments App
March 28, 2024Bloxcross and GoDirectPay have partnered to launch a mobile app for global payments. The new app enables payments in any currency from institutions to vendors and from individuals to friends, the companies said ...Read moreUS Retailers Benefit From Offering APAC Travelers Their Preferred Payment Methods
December 6, 2023Wei Jiang, co-founder, president and COO at Citcon, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that the travel rebound is a long-standing trend — and one that benefits merchants savvy enough to ...Read moreHong Kong and Thailand Unveil Cross-Border QR Code Payment System
December 4, 2023Hong Kong and Thailand are bridging the gap between their economies. The two countries launched a new cross-border QR code payment system, known as the FPS x PromptPay Link, according to ...Read moreChinese Borrowers Barred From Mobile Payments Amid Record Defaults
December 3, 2023Millions of Chinese consumers have been barred from mobile payment apps amid record defaults. More than 8.5 million people, mostly between 18 and 59, have found themselves blacklisted due to missing payments ...Read moreVisa: Americans Keep Traveling Despite Rising Costs
November 28, 2023Rising costs haven’t stamped out the travel bug for Americans, a new Visa survey shows. The new edition of the Visa Global Travel Intentions Study, released Tuesday (Nov. 28), shows that while consumers ...Read moreZebra Debuts Multi-Industry Mobile Payment Tool
September 19, 2023Zebra Technologies has debuted a mobile payment solution for several different industries. The tool is designed for the retail, hospitality, entertainment, field mobility and logistics sectors. It runs on standard Google ...Read moreJump in Contactless Payments Opens Door for Digital Wallets
August 30, 2023John (JP) Park, senior product manager of go to market strategy at Bank of America Merchant Services, told PYMNTS in an interview that the rise of contactless payments has been years ...Read moreAlipay Debuts ‘International’ Version of Mobile Payment App
August 17, 2023Chinese payments platform Alipay has debuted an “International Version” of its app for overseas travelers to China. The new version, announced Thursday (Aug. 17), is designed to fulfill international travelers’ mobile ...Read moreAlipay and WeChat Pay Add Links to Visa and Mastercard
July 21, 2023Visitors to China can now link their Visa and Mastercard accounts to the country’s most popular mobile payment applications, Alipay and WeChat Pay. Ant Group, the operator of Alipay, said Friday (July 21) that overseas users of the ...Read moreStripe and WhatsApp Enable Payments in Chats in Singapore
May 9, 2023Stripe and WhatsApp have partnered to enable Singapore businesses to accept payments in WhatsApp chats. With Stripe Connect and Stripe Checkout integrated into WhatsApp, Singapore customers and businesses can buy and ...Read more