• New research from Visa predicts a boost for British local businesses from staycationers, with two thirds of us (63%) planning a UK holiday. • Visa has teamed up with Totally Locally once again on Fiver Fest from 12th to 26th June with thousands of local businesses across the UK hosting £5 special offers.
Strategic partnership to transform treasury operations for Goldman’s clients with Visa B2B Connect and Visa Direct
• Majority of people surveyed perceive fraud as an issue that affects older generations, yet under 35s are the most likely to fall victim to fraud, according to research from Visa. • Only one in three surveyed (33%) are likely to report, despite new Action Fraud figures showing how reporting fraud attempts can protect others.
• Visa to make €50,000 donation following this weekend’s UEFA Women’s Champions League final • Winner of the Player of the Match Award can choose which charity or project will receive the donation • UEFA Foundation for Children currently supports 168 humanitarian and development projects globally. More than 1,180,000 children have benefited from the foundation’s work since its creation.
Visa today announced that it has processed one billion additional touch-free payments , where previously consumers would have needed to enter their PIN, as consumer confidence in contactless payments continues to grow. This milestone has been reached in less than a year since contactless payment limits were increased in 29 countries across Europe in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
With the direct acceptance of payments in USD Coin, Visa forges new connections between digital and traditional currencies.
As part of the Covid-19 economic recovery, Visa is making great strides towards its goal to help eight million small businesses across Europe to adapt and take advantage of digital commerce.
With Smarter Posting, Smarter Settlement Forecast and Smarter Stand-In Processing, Visa can enhance predictability, transparency and speed in the payment experience.
TransferWise to expand debit card program accompanying its multi-currency account into dozens of new markets using new Visa Cloud Connect infrastructure
In collaboration with Conferma Pay, Visa helps businesses quickly digitize B2B payments
23rd November 2020: Buying more of your Christmas dinner ingredients, loved ones’ presents or home decorations from a local business could double the amount of money that stays in your community, according to new research commissioned by Visa.
- New programme set to transform availability of market-leading digital payment innovations to Visa’s clients - Solutions available through Visa’s partnerships with fintechs at the forefront of payment technology - Fintech Partner Connect will support new ways for businesses and consumers to seamlessly and securely pay, get paid, send money and more.
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.
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