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Visa Shares Key Findings on How COVID-19 Reshaped Consumer Payments
Visa today announced key findings on how the spending habits and behaviours of Singaporean consumers are changing as operating in the ‘new normal’ takes shape across the globe. These findings come from a Visa survey of consumers from across 40
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Open Banking Platform Railsbank Sees Strategic Investments from Visa
After raising US$ 10 million and expanding to Singapore, the open banking platform Railsbank announced today that it has received yet another round of investments from Visa and Global Brain, a Tokyo-based VC firm. The sum of the investment was
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Aspire Teams up with Visa and NIUM to Launch Payments Card for Businesses
Y Combinator-backed Aspire, announced today a partnership with NIUM, a global financial technology platform, and Visa, to offer corporate cards to its business customers. Aspire Corporate Card will be linked to Aspire flagship Business Account, offering their clients a simpler
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Wirex Launches Crypto Enabled Multicurrency Visa Card
Wirex announced at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2019 today, that they are launching their Wirex Visa Travelcard. The travel card will enable customers to spend multiple crypto and fiat currencies across APAC. According to their media statement, the travel card
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Visa Racks Up Fintech Investments in 2019
Visa, the world’s second-largest card payment organization, has turned to fintech acquisitions, investments and strategic investments to further expand its payments capabilities and reach. At the firm’s Q3’2019 earnings conference call on July 23, Visa’s CEO Alfred F. Kelly, noted
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Visa to Invest in GOJEK and Collaborate on Digital Payments Across Southeast Asia
Visa, has invested in GOJEK, as part of the latter’s ongoing Series F fundraising round. The two companies will work together to provide greater options for cashless payments and more seamless experiences for consumers across Indonesia and Southeast Asia. With
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Visa Said Their AI-Powered Fraud Detection Helped Prevent US$25 Bil in Fraud Annually
Visa just announced that their Visa Advanced Authorisation (VAA) process, done using artificial intelligence, has helped financial institutions prevent an estimated US$25 billion in annual fraud. VAA, used by Visa themselves, is a comprehensive risk management tool that monitors and
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Winners of Inclusive Fintech 50
MetLife Foundation and Visa, with partners Accion and IFC, launch inaugural list to help fintech companies attract capital and resources to benefit the 3 billion financially underserved people globally. MetLife Foundation and Visa with global nonprofit Accion and World Bank
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LINE’s Partnership with VISA Might See the Duo Introducing Crypto Payments Soon
Japanese internet giant LINE announced that its fintech unit LINE Pay has inked a partnership with VISA, which will see both parties provide financial services for their collective user bases of millions of consumer and merchants worldwide. This development seems
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Nearly 50% of Singaporeans Prefer Contactless Payments
Close to 50 per cent of Singaporeans prefer paying with contactless payments (card and mobile) instead of cash, traditional card payments and QR payments according to the 2018 Consumer Payment Attitudes Study by Visa. Almost all Singaporeans are aware of
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