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Visa has announced a new strategic agreement with Western Union to implement Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time[1] push payments platform in an effort to bring speed and transparency to the process... more

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Visa announced it has finally acquired control of Earthport, a company that provides cross-border payment services to banks, money transfer service providers and businesses via the world’s largest independent ACH... more

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Visa recently signed a deal enabling FIS’ clients to have access to Visa B2B Connect. The  uses blockchain to make high-value corporate payments internationally without using SWIFT. In order to... more

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Visa and Mastercard have offered to cut interchange fees on payments made by tourists using cards issued outside the European Union to limit fines and end an EU antitrust investigation,... more

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The European Commission (EC) has been reported to be considering implementing new regulations to support and accelerate the adoption of TARGET Instant Payments Settlement System (TIPS) in an effort to... more

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