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...
Visa will continue its ban on payments processing for Pornhub, but will allow the use of its cards for some of parent company MindGeek‘s other properties, Reuters reported. “Following a thorough review, Visa will reinstate acceptance privileges for MindGeek sites that offer professionally produced adult...
P97 Networks and Cybersource, Visa’s international payment and fraud management platform, have unveiled a new multi-year international partnership to provide mobile payment acceptance tools that come with integrated risk management for fuel and convenience merchants, according to a Wednesday (Dec. 2) announcement emailed to PYMNTS....
Visa saw more growth in payments in November, including a 27 percent spike in online payments, a filing from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated. In addition, debit use continued its upward trajectory with a 19 percent increase in November, in spite of...
Visa has wrapped up its acquisition of Latin American FinTech YellowPepper, the first deal of its kind by the financial giant in the region. In an announcement of completion of the deal, Visa said it will accelerate the global payments and credit card company’s “network...
Visa and Conferma Pay said Monday (Nov. 23) that they have entered a strategic partnership to launch Visa Commercial Pay, billed as a suite of B2B payment solutions for enterprises making the shift to digital transactions, and, specifically, virtual cards — and away from paper-based...
Visa is rolling out a new initiative aimed at connecting European financial institutions and merchants with cutting-edge digital payments services. Fintech Partner Connect will “support new ways for businesses and consumers to seamlessly and securely pay, get paid, send money and more,” a spokesperson for...
International FinTech company EBANX and Visa said they have grown their strategic partnership sealed by a participation agreement in Visa’s Money Transfer Merchant Program inked with Visa do Brasil, according to a Thursday (Sept. 24) announcement. The collaboration fortifies the association between the two firms and is...
Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. To that end, joint research between PYMNTS and Visa, in a study titled Marketplaces as Retail’s New Front Door, found that...
