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August 16, 2023

As Sri Lanka focuses on economic recovery, transforming the digital payment landscape for businesses will be a strategic area to consolidate growth, says Avanthi Colombage, Country Manager for Visa in Sri Lanka and Maldives. Visa, a global leader in digital payments, believes that unlocking the potential that digitizing payments can offer to […]

June 28, 2023

Collaboration to embed Visa payments onto SAP’s ecosystem of solutions for enterprises to pay suppliers seamlessly, even if they do not accept card payments Singapore, 28 June 2023 – Visa today announced it has entered into a collaboration with SAP to streamline and simplify business-to-business (B2B) payments for enterprises, from businesses small […]

March 21, 2023

On Monday the 13 March, the British Council in Sri Lanka hosted an interactive briefing for UK education agents and school counsellors at the Movenpick Hotel in Colombo. The well-attended event saw attendees being introduced to the newly revamped British Council UK agent and counsellor engagement platform – The Hub -, with […]

February 8, 2023

Singapore, 7 February 2023 – Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, announced two senior leadership changes in the Asia Pacific region, with Chris Clark elevated from Regional President to Chairman, Asia Pacific, and Stephen Karpin named as his successor as Regional President, Asia Pacific. Both changes are effective 1 April 2023. […]

December 8, 2022

Continuing its efforts to drive digital inclusion and provide access to cutting-edge mobile financial solutions, SLT-MOBITEL’s mCash has partnered with Visa and ComBank, offering an exciting 30% cashback reward until 30 April 2023 for payments made for all mCash’s LANKAQR merchants enabled with Visa Acceptance via the Q+ Payment App. The payments […]

October 7, 2022

Sri Lanka’s leading online payment gateway solution provider, WEBXPAY announced a landmark partnership with the nation’s leading private sector bank, HNB, to introduce affordable POS solutions to enable digital payments acceptance for Small and Medium Businesses (SMB). As part of the ongoing Visa Acceptance Fast Track programme that WEBXPAY entered recently, the […]

August 18, 2022

Program to empower fintechs in the country with expertise and payment technology from Visa Visa, the global leader in digital payments, has announced Visa Fintech Initiative: Sri Lanka (VFI) to drive fintech innovation in the island nation. As the country prepares to tide over difficult times, the Visa Fintech Initiative: Sri Lanka […]

January 6, 2022

Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya predicts that Visa and MasterCard lose out and be overthrown by Web3-based payment projects in 2022. In an episode of the “All-in-podcast” released Wednesday, Billionaire investor and former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya expressed some very bold views and predictions on payment companies Visa and MasterCard. In essence, Palihapitiya predicts the downfall […]

June 30, 2021

The collaboration between both companies includes financial support from Visa and will be spread over the five-year partnership period LAGOS, Nigeria, June 29, 2021/ — Carbon (ng.getCarbon.co), a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial services for Africans, has today announced a strategic five-year partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital […]

June 14, 2021

Continues to Encourage dynamic enterprises to effectively manage their fuel related expenses Colombo, June 13, 2021: Sampath Bank announced the launch of the Sampath Visa Corporate Fuel Card, in prepaid card and credit card formats, to empower businesses of all sizes to go hassle free with their fuel payments. Businesses can offer […]

Enabling SME sector in Sri Lanka to digitize payments can accelerate economic growth – Visa

Visa and SAP join forces to make enterprise payments more efficient

British Council launches revamped UK agent and counsellor engagement platform – hosts successful interactive briefing for UK study visa agents in Sri Lanka

Visa Announces Senior Leadership Changes in Asia Pacific

SLT-MOBITEL’s mCash partners with ComBank & Visa to offer attractive rewards for LANKAQR merchants

HNB partners with WEBXPAY to launch low-cost digital payment solutions for SMBs under Visa’s Acceptance Fast Track Program

Visa announces launch of ‘Visa Fintech Initiative: Sri Lanka’

Chamath Palihapitiya: Visa and MasterCard biggest business losers for 2022

Carbon teams up with Visa to enable payments across Africa

Sampath Bank Introduces Visa Corporate Fuel Card