Visa Direct news and trends

AI, Virtual Cards, Embedded Lending Define This Week in B2B
B2B Payments // June 13, 2024

B2B payments used to be defined by paper and processes. However, as the digitization of commercial payments continues, B2B payments are being defined by their workflows and data – both of which are increasingly the target of disruptive innovations capable of automating away rote work...

Dash Solutions Integrates With Visa Direct to Enable Real-Time Payments
B2B Payments // June 11, 2024

Dash Solutions is now leveraging Visa’s digital payment network, Visa Direct, to allow Dash customers to send real-time payments. This integration is part of an expanded strategic collaboration between Dash Solutions, which is a provider of digital payment and engagement program management tools to corporate customers, and...

Nuvei and Visa Team to Offer Visa Direct in Colombia
Partnerships // June 03, 2024

Nuvei says it is the first global payments provider offering Visa Direct in Colombia, via a new partnership with Visa. “Offering instant payouts through Visa Direct supports our strategy of providing best-in-class payment solutions tailored to the needs of each market we serve,” Nuvei Chair and CEO Philip Fayer said in...

JPMorgan Offers Faster Domestic Payments Via Visa Direct 
Faster Payments // May 06, 2024

J.P. Morgan and Visa have teamed to offer faster domestic payments via Visa Direct. The collaboration, announced Monday (May 6) is designed to improve merchant experiences and empower cardholders for customers of J.P. Morgan Payments. “With Visa Direct’s extensive reach in the U.S., J.P. Morgan Payments will empower merchants, businesses...

Interviews & Exclusives
P2P Transaction Volume Up 25% as Firms Rush to the Space

August 09, 2023
Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, a long-standing vehicle for transactions between consumers, has evolved recently into usage between merchants and consumers as well. The steady growth of P2P transactions for any purpose is illustrated in proprietary research created for the PYMNTS’ “Quarterly Payments Report: Mobile Wallets Gain Ground.” We found that between December 2021 and March 2023, […]

Visa Backs TerraPay to Connect Digital Wallets to Cross-Border Commerce

May 10, 2023
Hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses use digital wallets — and not traditional bank accounts — to transact across the globe. That’s especially true in emerging markets, where the...

Visa Direct Transactions Surge 36% as Real Time Money Movement Gains Ground

October 25, 2022
Three years into the pandemic, and Visa’s Tap to Pay continues its steady march, with real-time payments and faster payouts — through Visa Direct — also proving popular on an...

Visa’s Salazar: WhatsApp’s Relaunch In Brazil Gives Consumers P2P Choice

May 10, 2021
After nearly a full year of waiting, WhatsApp payments have been cleared by Brazil’s central bank to go live, enabling peer-to-peer (P2P) payments capabilities for its 120 million Brazilian users, 86...

Quick Reads
Temenos and Visa Partner to Provide Money Movement Solution to Banks

July 16, 2024
Banking software company Temenos has teamed up with Visa to provide the money movement solution Visa Direct to banks. Visa Direct will be integrated with Temenos Payments Hub and made available to banks via Temenos Exchange, the company’s ecosystem of partner solutions, the companies said in a Tuesday (July 16) press release. “By combining Visa […]

Dash Solutions Integrates With Visa Direct to Enable Real-Time Payments

June 11, 2024
Dash Solutions is now leveraging Visa’s digital payment network, Visa Direct, to allow Dash customers to send real-time payments. This integration is part of an expanded strategic collaboration between Dash Solutions, which...

Nuvei and Visa Team to Offer Visa Direct in Colombia

June 03, 2024
Nuvei says it is the first global payments provider offering Visa Direct in Colombia, via a new partnership with Visa. “Offering instant payouts through Visa Direct supports our strategy of providing best-in-class payment solutions tailored...

JPMorgan Offers Faster Domestic Payments Via Visa Direct 

May 06, 2024
J.P. Morgan and Visa have teamed to offer faster domestic payments via Visa Direct. The collaboration, announced Monday (May 6) is designed to improve merchant experiences and empower cardholders for customers of J.P. Morgan Payments....