Visa Inc. is working with Tingo Mobile, a unit of the global fintech MICT Inc., in an effort to expand access to digital payments throughout Africa. The move starts with the Tingo Visa Card, along with a TingoPay mobile app and a TingoPay business portal. Klarpay AG, a fintech offering businesses …

Following years of pandemic restrictions that all card companies had to contend with, Visa Inc.’s top executives late Thursday highlighted stable transaction and processing volumes and growing cross-border travel as the United States and other global regions continued to recover. The event also featured an appearance by Visa president Ryan …

Bluefin Payment Systems LLC is leveraging Visa Inc.’s technology to provide network tokenization through its ShieldConex vaultless-tokenization service. Bluefin will integrate directly with Visa to provide network tokens across card brands. In addition, Bluefin’s payment gateway, PayConex, will have the ability to process network tokens. ShieldConex protects payment and ACH …

Payments giant Visa Inc. announced Alfred F. Kelly Jr., a former American Express Co. executive who joined Visa in 2016 as chief executive, will leave that role as Ryan McInerney, Visa’s current president, assumes the title Feb. 1. McInerney came to Visa in 2013 having held the chief executive of …

It was only a matter of time before the two big international card networks responded to a recent Federal Reserve requirement that issuers make at least two unrelated networks available to merchants for debit card transactions. Late Tuesday, Visa Inc.’s chief financial officer, Vasant Prabhu, said the impact of the …

One of the ways cryptocurrency is becoming more familiar to consumers and merchants is through debit cards backed by crypto holdings. The latest development in this trend came to light early Friday with an announcement that the crypto exchange FTX.com will offer Visa-branded debit cards around the world. A launch …

A year ago, you might have heard payments-network bigwigs complaining about the pandemic’s impact on revenues and volumes. Now, not so much. But, late Tuesday, Visa Inc. indicated it has been hit by a fresh development—Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That war, which began Feb. 24, trimmed 4 percentage points off …

Apple Inc. is switching its network affiliation for its Apple Pay Cash virtual debit card to Visa Inc. after more than four years of issuing the card on the Discover Network. Information about the rationale for the move was not immediately available as the news emerged late last week on …

Visa Inc. has spent more than $9 billion over the past five years to boost cybersecurity and reduce fraud, according to an announcement the network made in a blog post Tuesday. Of that amount, $500 million has been spent on artificial intelligence and data infrastructure. As a result of its …

Payments gateway BridgePay Network Solutions LLC said is working with Visa Inc.’s TokenID technology to provide network tokenization to all clients using all processors.Paysafe Ltd. said it is expanding its working relationship with international gaming operator Betsson Group to support traditional and alternative payments for the new Betsafe online sportsbook for Colorado.Everi Holdings …