App-based remittances win on convenience, security and speed in Asia Pacific: Visa
New Visa research reveals remittance users in the Philippines and Singapore have overwhelmingly adopted app-based digital payments, with more than half of surveyed users citing ease of use and security as key reasons for going digital SINGAPORE, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Pacific is one ...
Visa Announces Senior Leadership Changes in Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world's leader in digital payments, announced two senior leadership changes in theAsia Pacific region, withChris Clark elevated from Regional President to Chairman, Asia Pacific, and Stephen Karpin named as his successor as Regional President, Asi...
Visa invites Asia Pacific's top startups to shape the future of payments
SINGAPORE, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, a world leader in digital payments, is today announcing an open call for startups acrossAsia Pacific to apply for the Visa Accelerator Program 2023. Now in its third year, the Visa Accelerator Program selects a small group of startups to collaborat...
Visa launching eco-friendly payment solutions in Asia Pacific
* New Visa Eco Benefits help cardholders understand the environmental impact of their payment transactions * Over half of consumers in Asia Pacific would switch banks for products that help them calculate their carbon footprint SINGAPORE, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, a world leader in d...
The Future of the Point of Sale is Here: Visa Pioneers Cloud-Based Payment Acceptance
* Visa Acceptance Cloud creates more seamless, affordable point of sale opportunities for small businesses, retailers, fintechs, and the businesses that support them SYDNEY, Jan. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Visa (NYSE: V) announced a new platform, Visa Acceptance Cloud (VAC), set to revolut...
Visa unveils "Meet Visa" brand campaign in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Inviting the world to 'Meet Visa
Australia first to adopt new ecommerce security requirement to combat cybercrime, says Visa
SYDNEY, Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world's leader in digital payments, has today announced a new ecommerce security requirement to help Australian businesses combat a growing form of cybercrime and gain over 13,000 hours a year in otherwise lost time trading.[1] As commerce rapidly ...
Visa invites startups in Asia Pacific to build next generation digital payment capabilities
SINGAPORE, Nov. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world leader in digital payments, is looking for startups from acrossAsia Pacific to join the second cohort of their accelerator program. The Visa Accelerator Program focuses on helping startups inAsia Pacific expand their business into new market...
Visa's AI prevents more than $350 million in fraud from disrupting Australian businesses
SYDNEY, Oct. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world's leader in digital payments, today announced its sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI)-driven security helped financial institutions prevent more than AU$354 million in fraud from impacting Australian businesses in the past year[1]. The...
Visa Instalments Expands to Australia, Offering a New Way to Buy Now, Pay Later in Partnership with ANZ and Quest Payment Systems
SYDNEY, Oct. 8 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world's leader in digital payments, today announced the expansion of Visa Instalments inAustralia in partnership with ANZ, one of the country's largest financial institutions, and merchant payment provider Quest. The Visa solution lets Australian s...
Visa Digitally Enables 16 Million SMBs on Path to Reaching 50 Million Goal Worldwide
SINGAPORE, Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa today announced it has helped to digitally-enable an estimated 16 million small and micro businesses (SMBs) worldwide, or just over 30% of the multi-year goal it set in 2020 to digitize 50 million SMBs. Since the start of the pandemic, Visa has launc...
Visa and Ascenda partner on next-gen loyalty and rewards in Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE, Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world leader in digital payments, today announced a strategic partnership inAsia Pacific with Ascenda, the loyalty technology company. The payments network will be first globally to leverage Ascenda's new Nexus platform, which will enable Visa's ...
Visa and Ascenda partner on next-gen loyalty and rewards in Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE, Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world leader in digital payments, today announced a strategic partnership inAsia Pacific with Ascenda, the loyalty technology company. The payments network will be first globally to leverage Ascenda's new Nexus platform, which will enable Visa's ...
Team Visa Goes for Gold: Largest and Most Diverse Athlete Roster Unveiled for Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
SINGAPORE, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- With less than 30 days until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Visa (NYSE:V), the Official Payment Technology Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, is unveiling its full Tokyo Team Visa athlete program roster as it prepares to su...
Airwallex and Visa unveil Airwallex Borderless Cards for Businesses in Hong Kong
* The Airwallex Borderless Card will allow customers in Hong Kong to instantly generate and issue multi-currency virtual payment cards that can be used to promptly pay third parties. * Leveraging Visa's network and scale, merchants will be able to transact in more than 140 currencies and make...
WeChat Pay HK and Visa Collaborate to Support Disbursement of Hong Kong SAR Government's Consumption Voucher Scheme
* Collaboration aims to boost economic recovery and digital transformation of small and medium-sized businesses inHong Kong * WeChat Pay HK to waive service fee transactions for "WeChat Pay HK Checkout" merchants during the scheme period; Visa to invest in driving consumptionvoucher usage HON...
Payment security is key as Asia Pacific resets digital commerce in post-pandemic world
SINGAPORE, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the leader in digital payments, has set its focus on strengthening payments security as consumer behaviour evolves during the pandemic. Addressing more than 1,500 partners and clients in its first virtual edition of the Asia Pacific Visa Security Summ...
Visa selects five startups across Asia Pacific for first accelerator program
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world's leader in digital
payments, has selected five startups to be a part of the first Visa Accelerator
Program inAsia Pacific: Brankas, Curlec, DigitSecure, ModusBox and Open.
JD Global Sales Joins Hands with Visa to Reach a Partnership in Cross-border eCommerce
BEIJING, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- JD Global Sales under JD.com, a leading technology driven e-commerce company transforming to become the leading supply chain-based technology and service provider，and Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), the world's leader in digital payments, have signed an agreement to de...
Pulse iD unveils strategic partnership with Visa to launch intelligent loyalty and merchant offers in Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pulse iD, a leading Asia Pacific
fintech, today unveiled a strategic partnership agreement with Visa, theworld's
leader in digital payments. The partnership will see Pulse iD leveraging its
Catalyst platform
