Visa forms strategic partnership with Western Union
The new collaboration will modernise global money movements for expedited cross-border money transfers.
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Firms collaborate on new platform ‒ b.yond
Businesses can test propositions with a limited number of cards and wallet accounts
Swedish fintech Minna Tech receives €5.6m funding
The subscription management tech now aims to make customer experience easier.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 13 May 2019
This week, blockchain and crypto by big names like Facebook and Microsoft, among other news!
Visa signs up to support fintech innovation in Bahrain
Partnership will focus on innovation, education and payments trends.
TagNitecrest prints biometric payment cards in the UK
Fingerprint card payments can be made at existing point of sale terminals.
Bankable gets investment from new partner Visa
Bankable will allow firms deploy to digital banking and payment services quickly.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 30 April 2019
SoftBank invests in Wirecard, Tencent in Argentinian Uala, and other Visa news.
FIS links up with Visa
A new tool for the FIS clients to process high-value corporate, cross-border payments.
Coinbase launches crypto Visa debit card in the UK
A European version will follow later this year.
2gether’s prepaid crypto Visa card launches across eurozone
Follows successful beta launch in Spain.
Bento for Business partners with Visa
The Visa card replaces the company’s Mastercard prepaid card.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 25 March 2019
FIS acquires Worldpay, PSD2, Tandem, and other news!
PayActiv and Visa get in early for wages
The paytech pals will help US workers access earned wages earlier.
NatWest prepares biometric card pilot
The bank will trial fingerprint technology-enabled cards with Gemalto.
Bank of England orders Visa to fix outage issues
The bank’s action follows the pan-European incident in June 2018.
Visa plans innovation centre in South Korea
Payments firm confirms that preparations are “in the works”.
Visa fights back against Mastercard with £247m Earthport offer
Payments firm Earthport is being fought over by two well-heeled lovers.
Mastercard trumps Visa with £233m offer for Earthport
Visa had made a £198 million offer earlier.
Wirecard releases Visa card for Chinese tourists
A multi-currency card for the most frequented destinations.
Visa to acquire Earthport for £198m
Struggling payments firm finds the deal “very attractive”.
Visa brandishes Shieldpay for safe P2P payments
Getting clever for cards on peer-to-peer marketplaces.
Contis and Visa unleash fast-track fintech programme
Will give firms access to payment cards and banking capabilities.
Lastminute.com launches travel Visa card
Online travel agency teams with Wirecard for multi-currency offering.
Visa making a stand in India with BillDesk investment
As it faces fierce local competition.
Visa and Billtrust team to digitise US B2B payments with Business Payments Network
Visa and Billtrust have joined forces to develop Billtrust’s Business Payments Network (BPN).
Visa step closer to B2B Connect launch, onboards new partners
IBM, Hyperledger and Bottomline are among Visa’s new partners for B2B Connect.
Jaja Finance launches first product following £7m funding
Making credit cards simple to get.
Stripe and Visa join $8m funding round in African start-up Paystack
Nigerian payments firm also gets help from Tencent and Y Combinator.
Paytech Paidy sitting pretty with Visa investment
Japanese post-pay outfit goes public with Visa backing.
Visa invests in Behalf for SME financing push
All part of Visa’s commitment to invest up to $100m in fintech.
Visa and MoneyGram team up for cross-border payments
Will use Visa Direct, its real-time push payments platform.
Saudi Arabia going mada with NFC mobile payments by Visa
In an effort to digitise the country by 2030.
Antelop to provide mobile e-wallet for Greek Piraeus Bank
Mobile payments coming to Piraeus customers.
The impact of the new Visa Claims Resolution
Visa has just changed how it addresses the process for disputes on transactions, i.e. chargebacks.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 June 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Visa reveals over 5m payments affected by June outage
Half of which were in the UK.
Visa Canada puts finishing touch on Finn AI’s chatbot banking
“Where is the closest ATM?” or “Please cancel my card”.
Money20/20 Europe keynote: the age of invisible payments (and apology from Visa)
Innovation benefits the entire ecosystem, states Visa Europe’s CEO.
Visa hit by payment outages across Europe
Update – 2 June – situation now resolved.
