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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 launches Visa A2A, an open system to bring consumer control and protection to account-to-account payments Introduces an easy and safe way to pay recurring bills with bank transfers and makes it easier for consumers to get their money back if something goes wrong Designed with leading UK fintechs and in collaboration with key industry partners, it will unlock an easier, safer way to pay by ba
London, 22 August 2024: NatWest Group has collaborated with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to launch a new travel reward credit card, available now in the UK for NatWest customers.
The card offers a range of features, including:
1% back on eligible travel spending, including on planes, trains, car rental, ferries, buses, hotel accommodation, travel agents, cruises, campsites and
16thJuly, 2024 – London, UK – Visa, the Official Payment Technology Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, today reveals the secrets behind the success of side hustles set up by Gen Z, people born between 1996 and 2010, and how they are evolving to help young people level up their game.
New research conducted by Visa finds that 45% of Gen Zs now have a side hustle, with over a
18th April 2024, London: Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today announces a new campaign celebrating the growing support for women’s football, and the power of positive voices of support in countering the noise of detractors.
As a long-term supporter of women’s football and proud sponsor of UEFA Women’s Champions League, Visa will be bringing fans together digitally and enhancing their
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, alongside the British Retail Consortium (BRC), have recognised 8 towns at this year’s edition of the ‘Let’s Celebrate Towns’ awards - a nationwide showcase designed to highlight the hundreds of towns across the country helping local businesses and communities to thrive.
Congratulations to Boscombe, Northwich, Weston-super-Mare, Armagh, Shrewsbury, Walth
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has partnered with Lloyds Bank to launch the next generation virtual card solution for businesses of all sizes.
Available now to Lloyds Bank customers, Visa Commercial Pay addresses businesses’ payments and purchasing administration challenges, such as controlling spend, simplifying processes, reconciling invoices, and reporting on expenditure.
Offe
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has partnered with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to co-fund data science and artificial intelligence (AI) scholarships for underrepresented students in postgraduate conversion courses at the University of Leeds and Loughborough University.
This collaboration comes as part of the UK Government's strategic AI skills scheme
Visa Cross-Border Solutions will offer sophisticated cross-border solutions to banks, fintechs, FX brokers and corporates, as well as other payment institutions The solutions are offered as part of a suite of modular building blocks that can be easily integrated with a company’s existing technology The new Visa business combines the best of its existing cross-border capabilities with Currencyclo
The measures are intended to protect small businesses against first party fraud, also known as friendly fraud, which sees customers disputing a legitimate purchase New research reveals that up to 20% of consumer disputes could be considered first party fraud, costing UK retailers an estimated £31m in the past 12 months New survey from Visa reveals 9 in 10 UK small businesses report having been a