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Visa Foundation fuels 500 UK women-led businesses with new support programme and funding

The CatalyseHer Programme aims to provide 500 women entrepreneurs with training and fundraising support to grow their businesses and make them more investment-ready The programme includes expert training, community building, and micro-grants Early stage, women-owned businesses with a focus on social and environmental impact can apply from 3rdFebruary
London, 3 February: Today, Visa Foundat

Visa Foundation fuels 500 UK women-led businesses with new support programme and funding

The CatalyseHer Programme aims to provide 500 women entrepreneurs with training and fundraising support to grow their businesses and make them more investment-ready The programme includes expert training, community building, and micro-grants Early stage, women-owned businesses with a focus on social and environmental impact can apply from 3rdFebruary
London, 3 February: Today, Visa Foundat

Visa and The Walt Disney Company EMEA Form Strategic Alliance


The multi-year relationship establishes Visa as the Official Payment Partner of Disneyland Paris, Disney Store, and Disney Theatrical Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa and provides Visa cardholders special opportunities across the region

London, 21 January 2025 –Today, The Walt Disney Company and Visa, a world leader in digital payments, announced a strategic alliance that will b

U.K. retail spending rises 2.3%, Visa data shows

Tentative rebound in consumer confidence boosts online sales during the holiday period
London – December 23, 2024 – Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced its first Retail Spend Monitor, from Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA), which analyses holiday season retail spend for the 7-week period starting on November 1, 2024, across the U.K. The findings show overall holiday

Visa Completes Acquisition of Featurespace


Clients around the world will experience superior fraud detection and risk-scoring solutions
LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2024-- Visa (NYSE: V) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Featurespace, a developer of real-time artificial intelligence (AI) payments protection technology that prevents and mitigates payments fraud and financial crime risks. Thi

Research Reveals Two In Five UK SMBs Have Lost Money To Fraudsters

Average amount lost to fraud by SMBs is almost £4,000, Visa research finds Bank account hacks, invoice fraud and phishing scams cited as the most common types of fraud impacting SMBs With 40% of SMBs wanting anti-fraud training, Visa launches a new digital toolkit to upskill SMBs and bolster the UK’s fraud defences
London, 18 November: New research from Visa, a world leader in digital paymen

Visa recognises creators as small businesses

At Web Summit, Visa Celebrates Creators; Expands Collaboration with Pharrell Williams

LISBON, PORTUGAL, NOVEMBER 12, 2024: At the opening session of Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Visa unveiled significant commitments to digital creators. Acknowledging the impact of creator

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About Visa Europe

Visa Europe is a payments technology business owned and operated by member banks and other payment service providers from 38 countries.

Visa Europe is at the heart of the payments ecosystem providing the services and infrastructure to enable millions of European consumers, businesses and governments to make electronic payments. Its members are responsible for issuing cards, signing up retailers and deciding cardholder and retailer fees. Visa Europe is also the largest transaction processor in Europe, responsible for processing more than 18 billion transactions annually.

There are more than 500m Visa cards in Europe, while €1 in every €6 spent in Europe is on a Visa card. Total expenditure on Visa cards exceeds €2 trillion annually, with €1.5 trillion spent at point-of-sale.

Visa Europe is an independent business with an exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licence to use the Visa brand in Europe. Visa Europe works in partnership with Visa Inc. to enable global Visa payments in more than 200 countries and territories.

For more information, visit www.visaeurope.com and @VisaEuropeNews

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