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Visa Foundation Pledges $100 Million to Advance Digital Financial Inclusion
Financial Inclusion // November 15, 2023

Visa and Visa Foundation have announced initiatives to support small and micro businesses across the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies and the world. These initiatives are aimed at promoting digital financial inclusion, stimulating job creation and increasing access to capital, with the ultimate goal of fostering economic...

How Main Street Businesses Honed Their Survival Skills In 2020
SMBs // December 31, 2020

For Main Street businesses, to say 2020 was challenging is an understatement. The good news, according to PYMNTS data, is that as 2020 is coming to a close, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are feeling genuinely more confident about their odds of continued survival than...

Healthcare Payments AI, Subscription Churn, Turbo Tax Tool For Stimulus Payments Top This Week’s News
News // April 10, 2020

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have deep dives into healthcare payments artificial intelligence (AI), subscription churn, and a TurboTax tool for stimulus payments. Top...

Visa Foundation Pledges $210M For COVID-19-Stricken Businesses
VISA // April 06, 2020

The Visa Foundation announced that it is pledging $210 million to fund two different programs that will support small and micro enterprises that have been financially disrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Money from the Visa Foundation will offer capital to non-government organizations (NGOs) and...

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How Main Street Businesses Honed Their Survival Skills In 2020

December 31, 2020
For Main Street businesses, to say 2020 was challenging is an understatement. The good news, according to PYMNTS data, is that as 2020 is coming to a close, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are feeling genuinely more confident about their odds of continued survival than they were when the pandemic began. In June, less than […]

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Visa Foundation Pledges $100 Million to Advance Digital Financial Inclusion

November 15, 2023
Visa and Visa Foundation have announced initiatives to support small and micro businesses across the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies and the world. These initiatives are aimed at promoting digital financial inclusion, stimulating job creation and increasing access to capital, with the ultimate goal of fostering economic mobility and growth, the organizations said in a Wednesday (Nov. […]

Visa Foundation Pledges $210M For COVID-19-Stricken Businesses

April 06, 2020
The Visa Foundation announced that it is pledging $210 million to fund two different programs that will support small and micro enterprises that have been financially disrupted due to the...