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Visa Advanced Authorization Blocks $25 Billion In Fraud
June 17, 2019

Visa has rolled out internal data that indicates its artificial intelligence (AI)-based Advanced Authorization (VAA) security product has helped issuers prevent an estimated $25 billion in annual fraud. VAA is a risk management tool that monitors and evaluates transactions over VisaNet in real time to...

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Visa Launches Visa B2B Connect In 30+ Markets
June 11, 2019

Almost two years in the making, Visa B2B Connect makes its official launch, with a rollout across 30 countries. Kevin Phalen, head of Global Business Solutions at Visa, tells Karen Webster that it uses DLT to underpin a network, built from the ground up, that brings...

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Visa’s Shrauger On What’s Next (And Why Now) For Visa Next
June 10, 2019

A few weeks ago, card giant Visa debuted Visa Next, bringing a wealth of broad API functionality to issuing banks and partners. Sam Shrauger, SVP of digital solutions at Visa, walks Karen Webster through the roadmap of use cases and what’s next for Visa Next.

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Singapore Transit Rolls Out Visa On SimplyGo Contactless System
June 06, 2019

The Land Transport Authority of Singapore now includes Visa cards in SimplyGo, its contactless payment system. According to a report in ZDNet, Visa said the project with Singapore’s Land Transportation Authority is one of its biggest rollouts of contactless payments, with 30,000 acceptance points. With...

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Visa, Western Union Team To Speed Global Payments
June 05, 2019

Today (June 5), Visa and Western Union struck a strategic agreement to move money between consumers focused on expedited remittances. Bill Sheley, global head of push payments at Visa, tells Karen Webster how Western Union’s implementation of Visa Direct speeds Western Union’s goal to make...

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Visa And Natixis Payments Team On White Label Service
June 04, 2019

Visa and Natixis Payments have launched Xpollens, a complete white label “Payments in a Box” service for retailers, corporations and Fintechs. Xpollens helps organizations integrate the whole range of payment services, from cards to instant payments, according to a press release. “Xpollens removes the complexity...

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Visa Launches b.yond To Fast-Track EU Digital Payments Innovation
June 03, 2019

To let businesses quickly deploy digital payment services, a consortium of major companies is rolling out a new financial innovation platform called b.yond. Global Processing Services, Pannovate, Cornercard, MeaWallet, Modulr, AllPay and W2 Global are founding partners of the consortium in collaboration with Visa, according...

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Visa CEO Throws Shade On Real-Time Payments
May 30, 2019

There’s a need for speed in payments, supposedly — but how much speed is enough? Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (May 29) that Visa CEO Alfred Kelly seemed unfazed by the move of several stakeholders in financial systems around the world — including banks and governments...

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Visa CyberSource: AI’s Role Is To ‘Predict’ — Not To ‘Know’
May 28, 2019

Marvin Minsky, cognitive scientist and co-founder of MIT’s AI lab, said decades ago that computers can only do what we tell them to do.  Scott Boding, vice president of risk solutions product management for Visa’s CyberSource, tells Karen Webster why AI’s potential may be misunderstood...