Visa/page/3 news and trends

Visa Sees Embedded Finance as Key to B2B Commerce Evolution

July 18, 2024
Web3 This Week: BlackRock CEO Calls Bitcoin ‘Legitimate,’ Mainstream Off-Ramps Grow
Blockchain // July 17, 2024

Traditional financial operations are centralized, regulated and audited. Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are, well, pretty much the opposite, relying instead on cryptographic algorithms and decentralized consensus mechanisms to secure transactions. But despite the sector’s troubled youth, as the blockchain and digital asset space matures, major...

Temenos and Visa Partner to Provide Money Movement Solution to Banks
Payments Innovation // 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...

OpenTable and Visa Launch Restaurant Reservation Partnership
Partnerships // July 16, 2024

Restaurant tech company OpenTable says it has launched a collaboration with Visa. The partnership, announced Tuesday (July 16) and dubbed the “OpenTable & Visa Dining Collection,” is designed to offer eligible Visa cardholders “exclusive access to sought-after restaurant reservations and events” at restaurants across North...

Judge Rules Against Sanctioning Law Firm in Visa, Mastercard Settlement
Legal // July 15, 2024

A federal magistrate judge ruled Saturday (July 13) that plaintiffs law firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman would not be sanctioned at this time for submitting fake claims in an antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard. In his ruling, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Marutollo said...

Interviews & Exclusives
New Report Highlights Impact of Embedded Lending Options on Small Business Banking Preferences

July 11, 2024
Embedded lending can help microbusinesses and small businesses grow and maintain smooth operations despite unstable cash flows. However, PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study finds that relatively few microbusinesses and small businesses currently take advantage of this lending solution. In fact, fewer than one in five respondents used it in the last year. The data highlights unmet […]

Update: Judge in Mastercard and Visa Settlement Case Posts 88-Page Opinion

July 02, 2024
After three days of sparse quotes and speculation, the New York Eastern District court judge presiding over the latest chapter in the proposed credit card swipe fee settlement between Visa,...

Exclusive: Amazon Canada Taps Visa for Installment Plans

June 27, 2024
Some of the seven new product and feature announcements Visa announced at its May 15 user conference are starting to gain traction. Case in point: Flexible Credentials and installments. When...

Rejected: Judge Nixes $30 Billion Swipe Fee Settlement

June 25, 2024
Nothing’s settled, it seems — except that the $30 billion so-called “swipe fee” settlement is, at least in this incarnation, seemingly dead and gone. And what comes next is almost...

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 […]

OpenTable and Visa Launch Restaurant Reservation Partnership

July 16, 2024
Restaurant tech company OpenTable says it has launched a collaboration with Visa. The partnership, announced Tuesday (July 16) and dubbed the “OpenTable & Visa Dining Collection,” is designed to offer...

Judge Rules Against Sanctioning Law Firm in Visa, Mastercard Settlement

July 15, 2024
A federal magistrate judge ruled Saturday (July 13) that plaintiffs law firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman would not be sanctioned at this time for submitting fake claims in an...

Visa and Wirex Partner on Digital Currency Use in Europe, UK

July 15, 2024
 Visa has teamed with WireX to promote the use of digital currencies in Europe and the UK. “This collaboration will explore new opportunities to leverage and integrate innovative Visa cards...