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March 28, 2025	Visa Announces Partnership with Rashtriya Raksha University to Strengthen Cybersecurity Training in India
February 06, 2025	Visa elevates luxury living for India’s Affluent in new ‘Visa Infinite’ Campaign with Vicky Kaushal
January 15, 2025	Visa: Digital Payments Surge in Non-Metros with 175% Growth in Card Spends
November 7, 2024	Visa announces Rishi Chhabra as new Country Manager for India
October 18, 2024	Visa and Tripadvisor unveil International Travelers’ Pick 2024 at Annual FHRAI Convention
October 16, 2024	Visa Partners with The Bicester Collection and Tourism Office of Spain (Turespaña) to Elevate Luxury Shopping Experiences for the Affluent
August 30, 2024	Visa partners with Skill India to upskill 20,000 youth for India's booming tourism industry
August 12, 2024	Axis Bank and Visa unveil the ultra luxury credit card, ‘PRIMUS’, for India’s elite
August 2, 2024	Visa Appoints Anand Jha as Vice President, Head of Government Engagement for India and South Asia
July 12, 2024	Sports champions Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu portray the power of progress in Visa’s ‘Small steps, Olympic dreams’ Campaign
July 2, 2024	Visa India Recognised with Great Place to Work Certification
May 7, 2024	Visa appoints Sujai Raina into new role as India Country Manager
April 20, 2024	Visa launches ‘Pay Safe Everyday with Visa’ campaign with Vicky Kaushal, highlights the importance of security in every transaction
February 13, 2024	Visa appoints Shruti Gupta as Vice President and Head, Commercial & Money Movement Solutions (CMS), India and South Asia
February 6, 2024	Olympian and World Champion Neeraj Chopra Joins Team Visa and is New Brand Ambassador in India
January 29, 2024	Visa Accelerator Program 2024 now open for Applications from Indian Fintechs
December 14, 2023	Visa Announces Grant Recipients of She’s Next Program, Grants $10,000 Each to Women-Led Businesses
December 12, 2023	95% of Indian Travelers Choose Credit Cards for a Seamless International Experience: Visa’s Global Travel Intentions Study 2023
November 16, 2023	Visa Tokenisation Report Forecasts Six Digital Payment Trends in India
September 27, 2023	Mutual Fund Investments Can Now Be Made Using Visa Debit Cards
September 15, 2023	Visa Partners with Hyperface to Boost Credit Card-As-A-Service Solutions
July 14, 2023	Visa Launches She’s Next Grants Program to Support Women-led Indian Businesses
July 4, 2023	Visa appoints Rishi Chhabra as Vice President, Head of Merchant Sales & Acquiring (MS&A), India and South Asia
June 28, 2023	Visa and SAP join forces to make enterprise payments more efficient
May 11, 2023	Visa – EY Report Identifies Disruptive Megatrends Driving the Journey to a $1 Tn Tourism Economy
May 5, 2023	Visa introduces CVV-Free Online Transactions for Tokenised Cards in India
April 03, 2023	Visa Signs Vicky Kaushal as Brand Ambassador with New Campaign ‘Pay Safe with Visa’
February 09, 2022	Visa Announces Senior Leadership Changes in Asia Pacific
December 12, 2022	PVR Cinemas associate with Visa for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Viewing Parties to excite football fans here in India
November 4, 2022	Visa invites India’s top startups to shape the future of payments
October 4, 2022	Visa commits $1 million to empower women-focused businesses in association with United Way Mumbai
September 27, 2022	Visa provisions over 160 million CoF tokens in India
June 28, 2022	Visa provisions over 100 million CoF tokens in India
June 16, 2022	Contactless payments witnessed a 6x growth in the last 3 years: Visa and Worldline India Whitepaper
March 30, 2022	Visa launches Creator Program to help next-generation entrepreneurs understand and use NFTs
March 16, 2022	Mahila Money and Visa Team Up to Support Women Entrepreneurs with Mahila Money Prepaid Card
December 16, 2021	Visa launches India Roadmap to Strengthen Payments Security
November 30, 2021	Visa announces new leaders for regional business unit, India & South Asia cluster
October 06, 2021	Visa launches India’s first Card-on-File tokenization service for Grofers, bigbasket & MakeMyTrip
September 21, 2021	Visa and NASSCOM Foundation come together to train women micro-entrepreneurs in 5 states on digital and financial literacy
August 24, 2021	Visa to Enable Deeper Financial Inclusion with Offline Payments in India
August 24, 2021	Visa Unveils ‘Meet Visa’ initiative; Reintroduces the Iconic Brand to Indian audiences
August 17, 2021	Visa launches ‘Bring India Home’, helps local artisans from 17 Indian states go digital
July 01, 2021	Team Visa Goes for Gold: Largest and Most Diverse Athlete Roster Unveiled for Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
February 08, 2021	Visa Announces Grants and Resources for Women-Owned Businesses in India
December 23, 2020	Visa unveils hyperlocal offers to keep festive celebrations going
December 01, 2020	Visa Invites India’s Top Startups to Unlock Their Global Potential
November 23, 2020	Visa and ICICI Bank announce partnership to support fintechs
November 09, 2020	Over 1 million PoS terminals now accept Visa contactless cards for Tap and PIN payments
November 02, 2020	Visa partners with DigitSecure and HDFC Bank for global-first live deployment of PCI certified Tap to Phone card acceptance solution
September 21, 2020	Visa and IFundWomen Bring Global Grant Program to India to Support Women Entrepreneurs
August 13, 2020	Visa selects Payswiff as Winner of Visa Everywhere Initiative 2020 in India
July 15, 2020	Visa appoints Sujai Raina as Vice President & Head of Business Development for India
July 13, 2020	Visa partners with Federal Bank for rolling out Visa Secure for E-commerce
June 29, 2020	LivQuik joins Visa Fintech Fast-Track Program
March 19, 2020	PhonePe becomes the first digital payments platform to launch one-click payment with Visa
March 04, 2020	Visa launches new campaign featuring PV Sindhu to promote contactless payments – Tap to Pay with Visa, Tap for Life
January 06, 2020	Flipkart offers Visa frictionless checkout for convenient online purchases
November 13, 2019	Visa Everywhere Initiative launched in India
October 22, 2019	Visa Safe Click – India’s first frictionless online payment solution tolaunch this festive season
September 25, 2019	World Badminton Champion PV Sindhu joins Team Visa for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
September 16, 2019	Visa to partner with BillDesk for rollout of SI-Hub solution for recurring payments
May 13, 2019	Visa launches National Common Mobility Card for multimodal transport in India
May 06, 2019	Visa appoints Sujatha V Kumar as Head of Marketing for India and South Asia
February 15, 2019	Visa launches Tap to Pay campaign to promote everyday contactless payments in India
December 12, 2018	Visa crosses 20 million contactless cards in India
November 29, 2018	Indians preferred face to face shopping over online this Diwali – Visa study
November 16, 2018	Visa strengthens commitment to growing digital payments in India
November 13, 2018	Visa Announces Fintech Fast-Track Program in Asia Pacific
March 13, 2018	Indian travelers take longer trips, more frequently, and spend 40% more than their regional counterparts - Visa Study
January 16, 2018	Visa survey reveals consumers are ready to say goodbye to passwords
December 4, 2017	Visa launches brand campaign ‘Reimagine India’ in sync with the pulse of the New Age Digital India
November 14, 2017	Indian consumers keen to adopt digital payment solutions: Visa survey
October 11, 2017	Embracing digital payments can save global cities US$470 billion annually
October 9, 2017	Visa, Andhra Pradesh government digital payment project to benefit over 90% of Vizag citizens
September 6, 2017	Visa, BillDesk extend BharatQR services to over 300 million consumers
August 21, 2017	AP state power distribution companies India’s first to accept BharatQR payments
July 31, 2017	Visa strengthens regional leadership team
June 9, 2017	Visa supports flood relief efforts in Sri Lanka
May 15, 2017	Visa showcases contactless toll payments for NHAI
February 22, 2017	Visa and State Government of Andhra Pradesh sign MOU to develop Vishakhapatnam into India’s first less–cash city
February 20, 2017	BharatQR - world’s first interoperable QR code acceptance solution launches in India
February 17, 2017	Consumers ready to swap cash for mobile payments: Visa Survey
November 30, 2016	Over 1,000 Ongo enabled TABCab Taxis in Mumbai now powered by Visa
November 23, 2016	Visa announces Switching Fee Rebate for Debit Card transactions
November 8, 2016	Visa, Micromax and TranServ drive innovation in payments; launch mVisa through Visa Developer Platform
October 5, 2016	Accelerating growth of digital payments to save Indian economy INR 70,000 crores (USD 10.4 billion) over next five years: Visa Study
July 26, 2016	Visa brings Tata Sky recharge option to TV screens with mVisa
June 21, 2016	Visa payWave leads to drive contactless payments in India
February 11, 2016	Visa wins ‘Best Mobile Money Product’ Award at the 6th India Digital Awards
September 5, 2015	Indian travellers are planning to spend USD$4,501 on their next trip
August 5, 2015	Visa opens technology center in Bangalore; accelerates digital commerce globally
March 27, 2015	74% of Indian online shoppers prefer paying by card: Visa study
November 14, 2014	Visa appoints T R Ramachandran to Group Country Manager for India and South Asia
November 11, 2014	Opportunity for Corporate India to realise significant cost savings from corporate cards and better T&E expense management
November 5, 2014	Visa selects Bangalore as site for new technology center
September 25, 2014	Visa to open a new technology center in India to accelerate global technology strategy
September 22, 2014	Visa launches new ‘Pay with Confidence’ marketing campaign in India
September 2, 2014	Visa Survey: Affluent Indians to increase discretionary spending next year, at a rate second only to China

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