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- Business
Ghana to Afghanistan: Visa Pay Reaches More Banks and Fintechs Through One Software Kit
Visa expands Visa Pay to 11 markets across Africa and Central Asia via an SDK, but Kenya is notably absent.
- Business
Co-op Bank Is About to Turn Kenyan Traders’ Phones Into Card Machines. It Won’t Replace M-Pesa
Co-op Bank is set to launch Visa Accept in Kenya, turning traders' phones into card terminals. Here is what changes.
- Business
Nuvion Partners With Visa Direct to Speed Up Cross-Border Payouts
Nuvion is plugging into Visa Direct to move business money across borders faster, to cards, accounts and wallets. The Miami…
- News
M-PESA GlobalPay Visa Card can now use Fuliza: How to enable or disable it
When Safaricom first introduced the M-PESA GlobalPay Virtual Visa Card, it was an instant game-changer for Kenyans looking to shop…
- News
89% of Kenyans Now Use AI to Shop, But Only 29% Would Trust It to Pay, Visa Study Finds
Visa's Stay Secure 2026 study: 89% of Kenyans shop with AI, but only 29% trust AI agents at checkout.
- Business
The New “Royalty” Rule That Could Tax Visa, Mastercard and Every Card Swipe in Kenya
In December 2025, Kenya’s highest court handed banks a win they had chased for over a decade. The Supreme Court…
- Business
Kenswitch and Visa Sign Deal to Modernise Kenya’s Payment Backbone
Kenswitch and Visa sign a framework agreement to modernise Kenya's payments infrastructure, targeting merchants, banks, and settlement systems.
- News
Uber Drops Visa Payments in Kenya in Major Shift
Uber discontinues Visa card payments in Kenya due to rising processing costs, pivoting to M-Pesa and mobile money alternatives.
- News
KCB launches Tap-to-Phone with VISA in Kenya
KCB and Visa launch Tap-to-Phone, allowing Kenyan merchants to accept card payments directly on NFC-enabled Android smartphones, eliminating POS hardware.
- News
Visa and Mojaloop have an AI-powered plan to stop instant payment fraud
Visa adds its AI anti-fraud tech to the Mojaloop platform to secure instant payments and boost financial inclusion.
- News
Visa and Cloudflare want to fix the biggest problem with AI shopping: bots
Visa and Cloudflare launched Trusted Agent Protocol, a "digital passport" helping security systems identify legitimate AI shopping agents and block…
- News
Visa tests stablecoin funding on Visa Direct to unlock faster liquidity
Stablecoin prefunding on Visa Direct promises faster liquidity and predictable settlement for cross-border payouts.
- News
Visa is using its AFCON sponsorship to let cardholders cut the ticket line
As the official sponsor, Visa is offering its cardholders exclusive pre-sale access to tickets for the AFCON 2025 tournament.
- News
Visa launches “Visa Pay” in the DRC to connect banked and unbanked users to digital payments
DRC gets a new interoperable rails upgrade. Visa Pay launches with USD and CDF transfers, virtual cards and bank integrations.
- Startups
Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Cohort 5 Opens Applications: Apply by August 15
Apply for Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Cohort 5 by August 15; discover Cohort 4’s 22 fintech startups driving financial inclusion.
