Visa

Visa is a multinational financial services corporation that operates a global payments network, facilitating electronic funds transfers between financial institutions, merchants, and consumers through its credit, debit, and prepaid card products.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news now due to its involvement in a government payments initiative and its name being frequently mentioned in discussions about international student visa policy changes, despite being a separate entity from the U.S. visa system.

Latest on Visa

• UK student visa applications hit five-year low as September numbers plunge
• How Australia's tighter visa rules might affect international students' study and migration pathways
• Harvard, Stanford among 9 US universities in fraud probe over visas for foreign researchers
• Visa survey says nearly half of APAC consumers open to using stablecoins by 2031
• Every H-1B visa not granted is a big win for India: Piyush Goyal | ET Startup Awards 2026
• 'Not getting H1B visas good for India': Fireside Chat with Piyush Goyal | ET Startup Awards 2026
• Visa launched Visa Protect on June 12, 2023, using AI tools to detect payment fraud.
• Tink was acquired by Visa for $2.2 billion.
• [via BlackRock]
• [via The Vanguard Group]
• South Korea's Shinhan signs for Visa stablecoin platform
• Nearly half of Asia Pacific consumers open to stablecoins within five years, Visa says

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