Visa

Fintech

Singtel's Dash expands payment capabilities to international frontiers with Visa & Apple Pay

SINGAPORE (Dec 10): Singtel’s all-in-one mobile payments app, Dash, has expanded its payment capabilities to include international mobile payments via Apple Pay.

Fintech

Are biometrics becoming the new norm for making payments in Singapore?

SINGAPORE (Mar 20): Making everyday purchases with the touch of a thumb, or a quick glance at a camera, are fast becoming the preferred mode of payment among Singaporeans, according to a recent Visa survey on biometric authentication for payments.

Visa approves Monaco cryptocurrency card for Singapore residents

(Nov 2): Visa has approved a prepaid card backed by the cryptocurrency Monaco as the world’s largest payments network continues its foray into digital currencies.

Singapore's top 10 favourite brands this year

SINGAPORE (Oct 24): According to the latest brand survey from Superbrands conducted by BDRC Asia in September, Milo has been ranked as Singaporean consumers’ most favourite brand.
Contactless payment

Fintech

Cash is no longer king, at least among Singaporeans

SINGAPORE (May 16): Cash is fast becoming a thing of the past for Singaporeans, according to a recent Visa study.
Azim Premji

Tech

Every tech billionaire in India takes hit from Trump visa reform

BANGALORE (April 12): It’s hard to overstate the importance of the technology industry to India. Over the past three decades, the IT sector has helped drive the country’s economic growth, employed millions and made billionaires out of at least seven f
Jared Kushner

Global Economy

Rich Chinese race to apply for a US golden visa

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (March 27): As members of Congress in Washington debate raising the minimum required to obtain a US immigrant investor visa from US$500,000 ($0.7 million) to US$1.35 million, concern about the hike has set off a scramble among wealthy

Global Markets

Visa's profit, revenue tops estimates on payment volume growth

BENGALURU (Feb 3): Visa Inc, the world's largest payments network operator, reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue as more people made payments using its network.

China families will be world's top travel spenders by 2025, where does Singapore stand?

SINGAPORE (Oct 5): Singapore households are expected to double their overseas travel spending to almost US$45 billion ($62 billion) by 2025, placing the country in seventh place globally according to Visa’s report, Mapping the Future of Global Travel an
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