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Visa Unveils ‘Pep Talks’ Campaign to Drown Out The Negativity In Women’s Football

18th April 2024, London: Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today announces a new campaign celebrating the growing support for women’s football, and the power of positive voices of support in countering the noise of detractors.
As a long-term supporter of women’s football and proud sponsor of UEFA Women’s Champions League, Visa will be bringing fans together digitally and enhancing their

“Let’s Celebrate Towns 2024”: 8 towns celebrated as part of nationwide showcase highlighting UK businesses and communities

Visa, a world leader in digital payments, alongside the British Retail Consortium (BRC), have recognised 8 towns at this year’s edition of the ‘Let’s Celebrate Towns’ awards - a nationwide showcase designed to highlight the hundreds of towns across the country helping local businesses and communities to thrive.
Congratulations to Boscombe, Northwich, Weston-super-Mare, Armagh, Shrewsbury, Walth

Visa and Lloyds Bank partner to launch new virtual card solution

Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has partnered with Lloyds Bank to launch the next generation virtual card solution for businesses of all sizes.
Available now to Lloyds Bank customers, Visa Commercial Pay addresses businesses’ payments and purchasing administration challenges, such as controlling spend, simplifying processes, reconciling invoices, and reporting on expenditure.
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Visa partners with UK Government and top UK universities to power the next generation of AI talent

Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has partnered with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to co-fund data science and artificial intelligence (AI) scholarships for underrepresented students in postgraduate conversion courses at the University of Leeds and Loughborough University.
This collaboration comes as part of the UK Government's strategic AI skills scheme

Visa Cross-Border Solutions launches to help businesses grow globally

Visa Cross-Border Solutions will offer sophisticated cross-border solutions to banks, fintechs, FX brokers and corporates, as well as other payment institutions The solutions are offered as part of a suite of modular building blocks that can be easily integrated with a company’s existing technology The new Visa business combines the best of its existing cross-border capabilities with Currencyclo

Visa’s new measures to protect small businesses against ‘first-party fraud’ could save UK retailers an estimated £31m per year

The measures are intended to protect small businesses against first party fraud, also known as friendly fraud, which sees customers disputing a legitimate purchase New research reveals that up to 20% of consumer disputes could be considered first party fraud, costing UK retailers an estimated £31m in the past 12 months New survey from Visa reveals 9 in 10 UK small businesses report having been a

Schoolgirls join women's football stars cheering on England, as research reveals the grassroots impact of FIFA Women's World Cup 2023

Visa, Worldwide Partner of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, has teamed up with HSBC UK to provide grassroots support to aspiring women footballers - helping them achieve their dreams on and off the pitch. 86% of girls say that FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ is inspiring them to follow their dreams, according to Visa’s research, with 87% of children aged 8-16 surveyed agreeing that football is a sport

Fran Kirby celebrates the power of 'Support Squads' as their impact on the success of elite women professionals is unveiled

Superstar footballer Fran Kirby shines a spotlight on the importance of support networks in life, in business and on the pitch as part of new Visa campaign Female entrepreneurs more than twice as likely to experience business growth if they have a strong support network, with 91% admitting it’s key to achieving goals As official partner of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™, Visa will also be awarding

Visa urges caution as last-minute holiday purchases surge online

Visa urges extra vigilance against online fraud as nine in ten (89%) holidaymaking Brits surveyed leave their online holiday shopping to the last minute. One in three (33%) Brits predict purchasing last-minute holiday items this week (3rd July – 9thJuly). Young people the most at risk, with one in six (16%) surveyed unaware of the tell-tale signs of online fraud. Visa shares top tips for online s

Visa expands Fintech Fast Track in Europe; accelerates new ways to pay and be paid

Visa expands Fintech Fast Track in Europe; accelerates new ways to pay and be paid

Visa’s Fintech Fast Track programme is designed to enable the next generation of fintechs to join Visa’s network and build innovative digital commerce experiences for consumers and merchants Fast Track programme grows 360% year-over-year, and supports the creation of payment innovations like digital wallets, Business to Business (B2B) and digital currency payments

Visa’s new Sustainability Solutions Team accelerate sustainable choice in Europe

London, 12 December 2022 – Visa in Europe has further invested in its ambition to provide sustainability focused payment solutions to its clients and partners to meet their customers’ needs and accelerate the sustainable choices for ways to pay and be paid.
The Sustainability Solutions team, led by Steve King, will seek out collaboration with clients and partners across Visa’s network to desig

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About Visa Europe

Visa Europe is a payments technology business owned and operated by member banks and other payment service providers from 38 countries.

Visa Europe is at the heart of the payments ecosystem providing the services and infrastructure to enable millions of European consumers, businesses and governments to make electronic payments. Its members are responsible for issuing cards, signing up retailers and deciding cardholder and retailer fees. Visa Europe is also the largest transaction processor in Europe, responsible for processing more than 18 billion transactions annually.

There are more than 500m Visa cards in Europe, while €1 in every €6 spent in Europe is on a Visa card. Total expenditure on Visa cards exceeds €2 trillion annually, with €1.5 trillion spent at point-of-sale.

Visa Europe is an independent business with an exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licence to use the Visa brand in Europe. Visa Europe works in partnership with Visa Inc. to enable global Visa payments in more than 200 countries and territories.

For more information, visit www.visaeurope.com and @VisaEuropeNews

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