Visa Supports Android Pay in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Oct. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- With the announcement made by Google on Android Pay today, this makesHong Kong one of the first few markets in Asia Pacific to have this mobile payment option. Consumers in Hong Kong can now pay with their Visa cards from participating issuers, using Andr...
Visa University Opens Its First International Campus in Singapore
SINGAPORE, Sept. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced the opening of the first international campus of Visa University at itsAsia Pacific headquarters in Singapore. The purpose-built facility in Singapore features flexible classroom space, breakout rooms for small-group le...
CyberSource Enables Tiket.com to Reach New Markets Faster, Safer, and with Confidence
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CyberSource, a Visa Inc. company (NYSE: V), and one of the world's largest providers of eCommerce payment management services, announced its partnership with Tiket.com, one of Indonesia's largest Online Travel Agents (OTA). Through the use of Cybe...
Visa Launches the First of its Kind Digitally Integrated Airport Privilege Program in Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE, Aug. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa announced the launch of "Visa airport companion" program. This program, the first of its kind inAsia Pacific, offers Visa cardholders a complete airport experience via a digitally integrated mobile platform. The Visa airport companion program is a co...
Windsurfer Sonia Lo Becomes the Only Team Visa Athlete from Hong Kong
HONG KONG, July 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa today announced that Sonia Lo, a home grown 23-year-old windsurfer fromHong Kong, has joined the Team Visa Rio 2016 roster. At seven and a half years old, Lo started sailing and found her passion in life. She was soon selected to be a member of the Ho...
Visa Announces Support for Apple Pay in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, a leading global payments technology company, announced that starting from today eligible Visa cardholders inHong Kong will be able to use Apple Pay and begin to make purchases at selected merchants. This transforms mobile payments with another easy...
Visa Study Estimates Asia-Pacific Households to Spend US$5,230 Annually on Overseas Travel by 2025
SINGAPORE, June 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – More households around the world will be packing their luggage and heading to overseas destinations for annual holidays in the next decade. According to a new Visa report, some 109 million Asia Pacific households are expected to go on an international trip o...
Visa Launches Global Olympic Games Campaign: Athletes "Carpool" Their Way to Rio
SINGAPORE, June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the exclusive payment provider at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, launched its most ambitious integrated global Olympic Games campaign in the company's history. Marking a bold new direction in Visa's marketing and communications, the...
Visa Will Bring Apple Pay to Consumers in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, June 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, a leading global payments technology company, will bring consumers Apple Pay, which transforms mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that's fast and convenient, this summer. Apple Pay utilizes the Visa Token Service (VTS), a se...
Visa Opens its First Innovation Centre in Asia
BEIJING, April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced the opening of itsSingapore innovation centre, the first in a network of new innovation centres that Visa is opening around the world. The new 7,000 square foot facility inSingapore has been established as a destinatio...
Visa Opens its First Innovation Centre in Asia
SINGAPORE, April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced the opening of itsSingapore innovation centre, the first in a network of new innovation centres that Visa is opening around the world. The new 7,000 square foot facility inSingapore has been established as a destinati...
Visa Brings Digital Payments to Rio 2016 Olympic Games as 1.2 Million Travelers Are Expected In Brazil
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa (NYSE: V) today celebrated the 100 day milestone to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In its 30th year as the exclusive payment provider of the Olympic Games, Visa is creating and managing the entire payment system infrastructure and network throughout...
Visa-Commissioned Study Estimates Migration to Electronic Payments Added Nearly $300B to GDP Across 70 Countries
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa Inc. today released the results of a new 2016 study conducted by Moody's Analytics that analyzed the impact of electronic payments on economic growth across 70 countries between 2011 and 2015. The Visa-commissioned study found that increased use o...
Small Businesses in Asia Pacific Empowered with the Introduction of Visa IntelliLink
SINGAPORE, Feb. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in Asia Pacific, Visa is introducing Visa IntelliLink for Small Business, a simple yet powerful desktop and mobile tool to access and track card and non-card transaction data. It helps businesses manage their cash flow more effectively b...
CFDFE, CFPA and Visa Partner to Promote Innovative Financial Inclusion Activities and Support Poverty Alleviation in China
BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced it will partner with the China Foundation for Development of Financial Education (CFDFE) to build a "China Financial Inclusion and Education (Jinhui Project) International Demonstration Zone" in the Great Xing'an Mountain ...
Visa Survey: Hong Kong Online Shoppers Concern Product Quality Over Security
HONG KONG, Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With online shopping becoming mainstream, 64 percent ofHong Kong consumers cite quality of products and services as their top concern when it comes to making purchases online, according to Visa's 2015 eCommerce Consumer Monitor Survey[1] ("Survey"). Cost ...
Visa Survey: Hongkongers Choosing Mobile to Browse and Purchase Online
HONG KONG, Nov. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong consumers are increasingly
likely to make their online purchases through mobile devices (mobile phone or
tablet), rather than via desktops, according to Visa's 2015 eCommerce Consumer
Monitor Survey[1] ("Survey").
Traveloka Ensures Online Payment Reliability and Security with CyberSource Solutions
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- * Traveloka, Indonesia's leading online travel agency, adopts CyberSource's full suite of payment solutions * CyberSource payment management solutions enable Traveloka to accept more payments quickly and securely, ensuring payment reliability...
LINE Thailand Boosts Mobile Payment Adoption in Southeast Asia Expansion with CyberSource's Solutions
BANGKOK, Oct. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- * LINE Thailand extends mobile payment services for users in Southeast Asia, enabled by CyberSource's full range of world-class payment management solutions, including fraud management and payment tokenization * CyberSource solutions to enhance payment s...
China Eastern Taps on CyberSource to Combat Fraud and Elevate Customer Experience
SHANGHAI, Sept. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CyberSource, a Visa Inc. company (NYSE: V), and one of the world's largest providers of eCommerce payment management services, today announced a partnership with China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (China Eastern), one of three major airlines in the...