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Visa’s new AI tool for Faster Payments could help save UK over £330m a year on fraud and APP scams

London, 30th May 2024 – In a groundbreaking pilot in partnership with Pay.UK, Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has shown how leveraging the latest AI technology has the potential to drastically cut the £600m1 lost annually to account-to-account scams and fraud over recent years in the UK. Results from the pilot announced today reveal Visa identified 54% of fraudulent transactions which ha

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

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’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

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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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