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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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EUDI Wallet crucial for the financial sector, Visa exec tells Money20/20
As a trusted means of identity verification, the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet is a “present on a silver platter”…
| Jun 5, 2025 | PopID gets equity financing to build global biometric network infrastructurePopID has received equity financing with investments from Verifone, Chipotle’s Cultivate Next venture fund, Commerce Ventures, PayPal and Visa Ventures…. |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Visa ‘Checkout Friction Report’ shows strong demand for biometrics and one-click checkoutThe simpler it is to pay, the more likely it is customers will buy. While that might not sound too… |
| May 28, 2025 | Visa sees expanding role of digital ID and passkeys, launches Click to Pay in Hong KongVisa with ZA Bank is launching Click to Pay in Hong Kong, with eleven more markets to follow, as it… |
| May 22, 2025 | Ethiopia unveils FaydaPass digital wallet to boost financial inclusionEthiopia has launched what it calls the FaydaPass wallet, the latest move in its digital public infrastructure (DPI) program aimed… |
| May 21, 2025 | Leveraging digital ID in the financial sector: ID4Africa panelFinancial inclusion was highlighted as the mother of all digital ID use cases during an early panel discussion on the… |
| Mar 31, 2025 | PNG digital transformation gets boost from Visa, e-signature platformEconomic growth and financial efforts in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will get a significant boost through the next five years… |
| Mar 28, 2025 | World Wallet courting connection with Visa for stablecoin paymentsCoinDesk reports that Sam Altman’s World Network is in talks with Visa to bring Visa card functionality to the World… |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Mastercard well positioned in soaring virtual card marketAmong firms with the reach and resources to push payments wholly into the digital space, Mastercard ranks high on the… |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Visa advocates for ‘transformational power’ of digital identity and paymentsVisa has set out its stall as it “stands ready” to partner and work with governments at any stage of… |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Idex biometric payment cards advance with 10K Visa order, Kona’s Mastercard approvalIdex Biometrics has received a production order of 10,000 units for its biometric payment card solution. The company which placed… |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Entering the passkey era of identity in paymentsBy Matt Charpentier, Vice President, Global Head of Authentication, Identity and Tap, Visa Picture this: every time you make an… |
| Jan 28, 2025 | ConnectID, Visa, ID.me illustrate central place digital ID plays in digital economyConvenience is king, even in identity verification. Customers want to be able to prove their identity without constantly submitting the… |
| Jan 28, 2025 | New Visa certification, Japanese distributor for biometric payment cardsThe SECORA Pay Bio payment card solution from Fingerprint Cards and Infineon has been certified by Visa, and Infineon has… |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 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… |
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Entering the passkey era of identity in payments
By Matt Charpentier, Vice President, Global Head of Authentication, Identity and Tap, Visa Picture this: every time you make an…
