Visa is looking at plans to accept crypto payments in Brazil, an interview with Brazilian news outlet Seu Dinheiro says. Eduardo Abreu, vice president of new business at Visa, said he wants to look into integrating bitcoin, as well as other digital coins, as a method...
While public transportation riders are ready to get back to hopping on trains, busses and subways, respondents in Visa’s “Future of Urban Mobility Survey” have pandemic-era expectations that are anticipated to become part of a new post-pandemic normal. The nine-market global mobility study released on...
Visa is one of the best-known consumer brands on Earth, with a presence in 200 nations, card acceptance at 70 million point-of-sale locations and 3.6 billion pieces of plastic stamped with the Visa logo that sit in consumers’ wallets worldwide. It’s a perception that Chief...
“Consumers want flexibility in terms of how they want to pay,” Visa Canada Vice President and Head of Product and Digital Brian Weiner told Karen Webster. “They don’t want to take on more debt, and they want to have flexibility in how they manage their...
Visa Canada plans to help two Canadian banks provide installment payment options to card holders. Scotiabank is the first Canadian issuer to announce that it will harness Visa’s Installments functionality to provide greater choice to credit card customers in terms on how they pay for...
Visa Fintech Partner Connect, which was first rolled out in Europe last November, is now available for clients in the United States and markets throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia Pacific, Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to a Wednesday (May 26)...
Visa and Airbnb are teaming up to help hosts improve their cash flow with the ability to get paid and move funds into their bank account faster. Airbnb’s use of Visa’s real-time push payments platform — Visa Direct — enables hosts to easily move money...
Visa has suspended all political donations for the time being, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Jan. 12). The payments giant said it had suspended the donations as it reviewed its candidate contribution guidelines. “Visa does not tolerate the use of our network and products for illegal activity. We...
Roughly 8 million stimulus check Visa debit cards are being mailed to households this week, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a press release on Thursday (Jan. 7). The Economic Impact Payment (EIP) cards were issued by MetaBank, N.A. as part of the second round...
