Three billion credit and debit cards. More than 100 billion transactions, worth more than $11 trillion. That’s the payments volume running over Visa’s global network, a network whose vast global expanse is a tempting playground for cyberthieves. Visa’s cybersecurity team, as Chief Information Security Officer Sunil Seshadri...
Visa announced its roster of athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. 13). Team Visa’s 70-plus athletes represent 43 countries across more than 30 sports and include the new additions of surfing, skateboarding...
Visa has released a statement saying Tencent’s announcement that it will support international card schemes in its mobile wallet is “a great step forward” for the payments industry. “Visa believes this is a great step forward, both for consumers travelling to China and the overall...
Seven years ago, when Visa first started working on bringing contactless payments to London’s Mass Transit system, the landscape for tap and go cards looked very different. The technology, Visa’s Global Head of Urban Mobility Nick Mackie told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, was...
Visa has announced that 100 partners are now enrolled in its global transit partner program. Visa Ready for Transit gives transit agencies access to an expanded network of technology solutions and expertise. In the past year, Visa has helped to launch 60 new transit projects,...
A new study from Visa finds 87 percent of eCommerce execs see cross-border growth as critical for their top lines — but, a majority also think they need help maximizing their international efforts. Suzan Kereere, Visa's global head of merchant sales and acquiring, tells Karen...
Visa and Marqeta are teaming to ease global expansion of FinTech firms and digital card issuance in Asia-Pacific. Matt Dill, Visa’s global head of strategic partnerships and venture, tells Karen Webster why streamlining digital credentials is the next step in payments enablement and moving beyond...
In the continued drive to become a "network of networks," Visa finishes its fiscal year with payment volumes up 9 percent, cross-border payment volumes up 7 percent and B2B volumes at $1 trillion annualized. CEO Alfred Kelly points toward expanded growth with traditional FIs and...
Visa is rolling out a new card product suite focused on small businesses (SMBs) — more specifically, high-spending SMBs. David Simon, Visa’s senior vice president and global head of small business and medium enterprises, tells PYMNTS that Visa Infinite Business will help firms make the...
