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Visa’s New Soccer Video Game Helps People Score Financial Skills
September 26, 2022

Soccer fans can score points while learning more about personal finance with a new version of a soccer video game from Visa being released just as momentum is beginning to build for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which starts Nov. 20 with Qatar versus Ecuador...

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Visa Says US Payments Volume Climbed 11% Y/Y in August
August 30, 2022

Visa said its U.S. payments volume was up 11% from a year ago, with even the company’s exit from Russia not hurting the stats, a Seeking Alpha report said. Credit payments volume was up 17%, while debt volume was up 7%, both up one point...

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Visa Changes Chargeback Dispute Program
July 20, 2022

Visa is changing how it deals with first-party fraud, or intentional cardholder misuse, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. Under the new plan, taking effect on April 15, 2023, Visa said it will let merchants provide additional data to prove that a disputed...

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W2, Visa Team Up on UK Business Compliance Tools
April 28, 2022

Regulatory compliance software platform W2 is teaming up with payments behemoth Visa to offer “enhanced compliance solutions and tools for U.K. Platinum and Infinite business cardholders,” according to a joint press release Thursday (April 28). The new product means businesses operating in regulated sectors —...

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Visa Expects Global Growth to Cover Russian Revenue Loss Within a Year
April 10, 2022

Visa has lost around 4% of the revenue booked during its last fiscal year as it pulled out of Russia — though a Friday (April 8) Wall Street Journal report said the impact won’t be noticeable within a year as the company sees sales growth....

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Visa Launches MDI Accelerate Program to Back Minority-Led Banks
February 23, 2022

Visa is launching a multi-year program to combat economic inequality and deliver expanded access and opportunities to minority-led banks and communities of color throughout the U.S. The Minority Depository Institutions Accelerate program will be backed by Visa with up to $100 million through deposits with...

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Amazon, Visa Strike Global Deal on Card Fees
February 17, 2022

Amazon and Visa have reached a global agreement ending a several months-long dispute over rising card fees, both companies said in statements on Thursday (Feb. 17). There will no longer be a surcharge fee to use a Visa credit card in Australia and Singapore. The...

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Visa US Spending Momentum Index Finishes 2021 Strong
January 13, 2022

Visa’s U.S. Spending Momentum Index (SMI) for December stands at 108.4, making it the strongest reading for that month since the start of the index, the company announced Thursday (Jan. 13). The SMI also set a record for the highest fourth quarter in history when...

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Visa Acceptance Cloud Launches to Advance Payments for POS, IoT, Acquirers
January 13, 2022

Visa is rolling out a new platform to enable acquirers, point of sale (POS) manufacturers, and Internet of Things (IoT) leaders to move payment processing software from being embedded in devices to universally accessible in the cloud. The newly launched Visa Acceptance Cloud (VAC) is...