Visa Introduces NFT Program to Support Creators

NYSE-listed multinational financial services provider, Visa has recently launched a program to help creators expand their small businesses through non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Dubbed ‘Visa Creator Prog...

Visa Wants to Help Creative Businesses with NFTs Program

This pilot program will focus on supporting creators in five key areas.  Foremost payment platform Visa has officially announced the introduction of a new program to create an enabling environment for...

Ethereum Startup Partners With Visa To Spend Unused Phone Minutes On A Virtual Credit Card

Christian Duffus realized that the extra airtime on his Kenyan SIM card couldn’t be used in the United States or redeemed online. So, in collaboration with Visa V Inc., he devised a global solut...

Visa launches program to help creators grow their businesses with NFTs

Visa has officially launched its creator program first announced last October to help artists grow their businesses with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The program will run for one year in cohorts and tr...

Visa Rolls Out Creator Program For Artists In The NFT Space

Financial services giant Visa has announced a new creator program that will enable artists to expand their businesses using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The creator program was first announced in Octob...

Visa Unveils Program to Help Creators Interested in Building Business With NFTs

Visa has announced the launch of a new initiative, dubbed “Visa Creator Program,” to support the growth of the maverick NFT industry. With the new initiative, the digital payments leader aims to help ...

Russia Built Parallel Payments System That Escaped Western Sanctions

Western sanctions have disrupted nearly every part of Russia’s financial system, but there is one big exception. The domestic-payments system continued to work smoothly after Visa Inc. and Mastercard ...

Visa Launches Creator Program To Educate Artists On NFTs

Payments technology firm Visa has unveiled the latest in its strategies for crypto with its Creator Program, in which a select number of small business owners will be supported through non-fungible to...

i2c Signs Partnership with Visa as Fintech Processor in MENA

i2c Inc., a digital payment and banking technology provider, announced on Tuesday that it arranged a partnership with Visa to become its fintech processor in the Middle East and North Africa region (M...

Older Americans, Flush With Housing and Stock Portfolio Wealth, Poised to Revive Spending This Year

Covid-19 kept many older Americans on the sidelines of the recovery in consumer spending as they held back from in-person services like dining and travel. But their spending is picking up as the Omicr...

Visa is expanding its crypto strategy and is hiring graduates to help with this

Visa has a number of crypto products and services that it now offers to its customers. A new job posting by the payments platform indicates that Visa is now seeking to further grow this area of their ...

Visa to partner with college students for crypto development program

Visa has invited undergraduate students to be part of its cryptocurrency development program. The payments giant is setting this team to build an in-bred crypto talent base. Visa’s latest move adds to...

Visa seeks new college grads for Crypto Development Program

According to a recent job posting, Visa is inviting new college graduates to join its 18-month rotational Crypto Development Program. Applicants will alternate between three departments of Visa’...

Russian Crypto Volumes Slump After Binance Blocks Visa, Mastercard

Russian crypto trading volumes sank after Binance blocked cards issued by Visa and Mastercard in the country. While Russian citizens still have access to crypto exchanges, it appears that sanctions on...

Visa Offers Crypto Development Program for College Students

Payment giant Visa is offering an 18-month full-time crypto development program for undergraduates in the United States, which will focus on building a “fully fluent cryptocurrency team now and ...

Mastercard & Visa Divorce from Russia: What’s Next for UnionPay

Western sanctions in Russia keep increasing across the board, with several companies announcing their withdrawal from the territory, including Mastercard and Visa, major financial payment processors. ...

Binance Suspends Transactions With Russian Mastercard and Visa Cards – Exchanges Bitcoin News

Crypto exchange Binance has blocked transactions with Mastercard and Visa cards issued in the Russian Federation. The trading platform announced the move after the American payment giants decided to h...

Visa Announces Completion of Tink’s Acquisition

NYSE-listed financial services provider, Visa yesterday announced that the company has completed the acquisition of Tink, a prominent open banking platform in Europe that enables fintech companies, ba...

Is Visa a bargain at prices below $200? Here is what you should do

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) has been in the news with the suspension of Russian operations. This means that all Visa cards issued by Russian banks are now not functional. For the company, investors expected a ...

Here’s Why Russian-Issued MasterCard and Visa Cards Are Now Unusable on Binance Crypto Exchange

Crypto exchange Binance says that MasterCard and Visa cards issued in Russia cannot be used on its platform after the payments giants decided to suspend their operations in the sanction-hit country. I...

PayPal Stock Gets Downgraded, but Another Analyst Says Stay Patient

Text size PayPal recently suspended services in Russia. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images PayPal Holdings was the subject of debate on Wednesday, with BofA Securities downgrading the stock to Hold, while M...

Russian-issued Mastercard and Visa cards no longer supported

Binance said in a blog post today that Visa and Mastercard credit cards issued in Russia would no longer be accepted as payment methods on its cryptocurrency exchange. It was also implied that Russian...

Binance to No Longer Process Visa and Mastercard in Russia

Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine is now turning out to be very costly. In addition to sanctions imposed on Russia, the country is also witnessing financial isolation from the rest of the world. The...

COTI to Take on Visa & Mastercard in Merchant Payments Space

2022 is set to be a pivotal year for COTI, the self-professed “Currency Of The Internet”, as it aims to cement its status as the ultimate Layer-1 blockchain network for merchant payments.  COTI has ju...

Binance To Stop Accepting Mastercard, Visa Cards in Russia

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange said on Tuesday it will stop accepting cards issued by Mastercard and Visa in Russia, effective from Wednesday. All transactions initiated through the two ...

Binance Will Block Transactions from Russian Mastercard and Visa Cards

Key Takeaways Binance has said that Russian Mastercard and Visa cards will not be accepted as a transaction method starting Wednesday. Binance and its CEO have suggested that the decision was made in ...

Russian Banks Seeks Help from China’s UnionPay amid Crackdown from Mastercard & Visa

Following the service cut from American payment giants Mastercard and Visa, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has informed its citizens that credit and debit cards issued by these service providers wil...

Oil stocks, Bed Bath & Beyond, Visa and more

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Chevron, Exxon, Phillips 66 — Oil stocks rose broadly in premarket trading after energy prices surged overnight, with U.S. benchmark West Te...

Visa and Mastercard suspend operations in Russia- The Cryptonomist

Visa and Mastercard decided on Saturday to suspend all their active services in Russia, in response to the attack by Moscow troops on Ukraine Visa and Mastercard abandon Ukraine “We are compelled to a...

Visa and Mastercard Suspend Operations in Russia as Part of Sanctions Over Ukraine – Finance Bitcoin News

The world’s leading payment processors Visa and Mastercard have joined sanctions against Russia over its military invasion of Ukraine. The American companies announced suspension of operations in the ...

Russian banks turn to China as Visa, Mastercard suspend business

Sberbank PJSC said it’s looking at the possibility of issuing cards using Russian payments system Mir and China’s UnionPay after Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. suspended operations following the invasi...

Russian Banks Turn to China to Sidestep Cutoff From Payments Systems

Russian banks that have been cut off from global payments networks are turning to China’s state-owned UnionPay system as the country tries to sidestep boycotts by Western businesses for its invasion o...