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Visa Inc. is an American multinational payment card services corporation that facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards. Visa offers digital products and services based on biometrics and passkeys, as it aims to address rapid changes in AI and digital identity technology.
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In 2025, payments tech will bring to thee, a wallet and a passkey
‘Tis the season for trend forecasting. As 2024 draws to a close, payments firms are lobbing out predictions for what…
| Nov 14, 2024 | Visa, Feedzai note growing shift to biometric security in UK, FranceStudies by Visa and Feedzai reveal an accelerating shift in consumer behavior toward biometric security technologies in both the UK… |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Global payment networks are reading palms as the future in retailPalm biometrics scans are joining taps with smartphones and smartwatches and pay-by-face systems as an increasingly popular option for making… |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Visa and USAID partner to boost financial inclusion in emerging marketsDigitization of government systems and payments to promote financial inclusion and economic growth is on the agenda for Visa as… |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Fingerprint access demand spikes among Swedes; domestic providers ready to helpSweden loves its stylish design, pickled fish, saunas in winter – and, apparently, biometrics. A new study from Visa on… |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Visa acquires Featurespace to strengthen fraud detection arsenalIn a bid to strengthen its portfolio of fraud detection and risk management tools, Visa is proceeding with the acquisition… |
| Sep 27, 2024 | UNDP, Visa partner to boost digital transformation and financial inclusion in SomaliaSomalia is next on the list of countries that are set to receive an injection of support to boost digital… |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Idex Biometrics secures Visa certification, expands into Indian marketIdex Biometrics has obtained Visa certification for its Idex Pay biometric payment application, utilizing the Visa Biometric Sensor Standard (VBSS)…. |
| May 24, 2024 | Demonstrating value, integrated payments among key digital ID building blocksEstonia has achieved an enviable level of user-centricity with its national digital identity system through careful legislation and fostering collaboration… |
| May 16, 2024 | Passkeys continue march to mainstream with Visa, WhatsApp updatesVisa has unveiled new digital products and services based on biometrics and passkeys, as it aims to address rapid changes… |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Visa says palm biometric payments have promising futurePayments giant Visa showcased its pay-by-palm biometric payment technology at an event marking the transformation of its Singapore Innovation Center… |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Visa and Tech5 sign agreement to enhance digital payment and ID ecosystemsBiometrics and digital identity management firm Tech5 has signed a partnership agreement with Visa to design a strategy and plan… |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Nigeria partners with e-Gate, Visa on digital ID, payment card for financial inclusionThe National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), a Nigerian federal government agency involved in innovative research for development, has… |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Fime Asia expands Visa accreditation for contactless payment terminal testingFime Asia in Taiwan can now validate Level 2 compliance for the contactless payment terminals of vendors in Visa’s network,… |
| Jun 28, 2023 | ‘200% rise’ in voice scams in APAC as gangs pivot to call centersThere has been a 200 percent surge in voice scams from 2022 to 2023 in the APAC region according to… |
| May 8, 2023 | Visa, Mastercard roll out secure, seamless payment system for South AfricaHassles involved in online merchant payments in South Africa, usually from step-up challenge, will soon be reduced as two payment… |
| Feb 7, 2023 | EU Digital Identity Wallet pilots pull in big names, but questions emergeMore companies announce their commitment to working together on pilots to test use-cases of the EU Digital Identity Wallet. Meanwhile,… |
| Jan 24, 2023 | Middle East bank launches PopID and Visa biometric payment serviceQatar commercial bank QNB Group has switched on its biometric payment services based on technology from U.S. face verifier PopID… |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Biometric payment cards from Zwipe and Indian manufacturer approved by VisaVisa has granted card manufacturer KL Hi-Tech a Letter of Approval (LoA) for its biometric payment cards built with the… |
| Nov 22, 2022 | Visa, FIFA, PopID bring face biometrics payment to the World CupVisa has partnered with FIFA and PopID to deliver contactless biometric payments at official World Cup venues including eight stadiums… |
