Visa said Monday that it had launched a series of digital initiatives aimed at helping tens of millions of small and micro-business recover from the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. The payments giant said in a release that the programs are focused on helping 50 million smaller...
It’s the battle against fraud that can be lost right at the beginning. Bad actors, are, increasingly, targeting online card applications, using stolen personally identifiable information to apply for credit, leveraging those ill-gotten credit lines to make fraudulent purchases. There’s increased urgency on the part...
Improving the world — and the environment — one (card present) transaction at a time. To that end, Visa said Tuesday (June 16) that it has joined with CPI Card Group to launch a card for Visa cardholders composed of up to 98 percent “upcycled”...
The advance of digital payments in Latin America over the last two decades has been slow when measured against other parts of the globe. Visa’s Senior Vice President of Products and Innovation for Latin America and the Caribbean Ruben Salazar told Karen Webster in a...
Visa and CPI Card Group have partnered for the new Earthwise High Content Card, which a press release touts as made with up to 98 percent upcycled plastic. The card, according to the release, is a more sustainable alternative to other cards and will function...
Nium, a financial technology platform, has become a Visa issuer in Australia as part of its membership in Visa’s FinTech Fast Track program. Singapore-based Nium said that with this business arrangement, it will be able to shorten the time for issuing a Visa card to...
Visa‘s total U.S. payments volume in May declined slower than the previous two months, which could be indicative of a slight economic recovery as consumers spend more, Reuters reported. The payments volume in May saw a drop to 5 percent, better than the 18 percent...
The global pandemic has created public health and economic uncertainty on a scale not seen in a generation. It has also motivated the great digital shift across all pillars of the global economy, including an almost unanimous move on the part of the business payments...
To lead strategic planning for the firm overall and in conjunction with its regional teams, Chris Newkirk is coming to Visa Inc. as its new chief strategy officer. Newkirk, who will start work on June 15, will be an executive committee member and will report to Visa...
