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  • Nationwide Building Society extends partnership with Visa

    Visa continues as Nationwide’s preferred scheme partner Partnership to deliver enhanced current account and card solutions to Nationwide members
    London, 23 April 2025 – Visa announces today that it has been chosen by Nationwide to deliver Debit and Credit card products to its current account and credit card customers, who form part of the building society’s 16 million members. This extends a

  • Visa’s Global Product Drop Set for April 30th

    Visa will unveil its 2025 roadmap and transform the way people around the world shop and buy with AI
    April 17, 2025 – Visa today announced its Product Drop event is scheduled for April 30 in San Francisco. At the event, Visa CEO Ryan McInerney and Visa Chief Product and Strategy Officer Jack Forestell will take the stage to unveil new products, solutions and technology partners that are poised

  • Visa enlists artist Sophie Tea to launch nation-wide search for the UK’s upcoming creators in circular fashion

    New initiative to offer six creators a share of £20,000 in grants and mentorship, to help power their business growth
    London, 9th April 2025 – Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today launches ‘Recycle the Runway’, a new initiative from its global Visa Young Creators series designed to support the next generation of fashion entrepreneurs to reach their full potential.
    Visa is inviting

  • Visa Boosts AI Capabilities to Further Reduce Fraud

    AI-powered platform expands Visa’s value-added offer to help businesses and financial institutions fight fraud Service operates in an open, ‘any-payment’ ecosystem Partnership with banking consortium achieved a 90% reduction in phishing losses
    April 3, 2025 – Visa, a global leader in payments, has expanded its global value-added services portfolio with the addition of ARIC Risk Hub, a cuttin

  • 'Let's Celebrate Towns': Visa's nationwide showcase returns to champion local innovation and growth

    Visa invites towns across the UK to showcase their success stories for the third year of Let’s Celebrate Towns. Six winning towns will each receive £20,000 to fund an approved local community initiative. Local authorities and community groups are encouraged to enter, with towns recognised at a ceremony in July.
    1 April 2025: Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has partnered with the Br

  • Gen Z boosts subscription economy, tripling spend from older generations

    The youngergeneration is driving the subscription economy, with over 9 in 10 surveyed subscribing to at least one service and spending an average of £300 a month, outspending older generations However, 3 in 4 Gen Z consumers have encountered issues when paying for their subscriptions with Direct Debit, including unexpected charges, difficulty in cancelling and failed payments · This co

  • Visa Unveils its Scam Disruption Practice, Helping Protect Consumers and the Financial Ecosystem Globally


    The newly formalized group prevented more than $350 million (€335 million) in attempted fraud in 2024 using new technology and human-driven processes.
    March 18, 2025—Visa, a global leader in payment technology, today unveiled its scam disruption practice focused on identifying and stopping complex scams as they emerge.
    The new department, which sits under Visa Payment Ecosystem Risk and

  • Visa Tap to Phone adoption grows 320% in the UK

    Tap to Phone helps SMBs get paid, with more than one in five (22%) users being new small businesses
    London, March 3, 2025 – Today, Visa announced that Tap to Phone – a technology that turns a smartphone into a point-of-sale (POS) device - has experienced a 200% increase globally over the past year, supporting millions of sellers of all sizes worldwide. In the UK, Tap to Phone adoption is even

  • Five Irish female entrepreneurs win a total of €90,000 in Visa’s She’s Next Grant Programme


    Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced the winners of its biggest-ever She’s Next Grant Programme in Ireland. Now in its fourth year, entries have more than trebled since the programme first launched, highlighting the appetite for support tailored to women in business.

    Spanning sectors as diverse as food, women’s health, haircare and physical education, Visa’s 2024

  • 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

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