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20/06/2025	Visa appoints Tareq Muhmood as Regional President for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
18/06/2025	Visa Expands Stablecoin Initiatives in CEMEA
02/06/2025	Visa Study Reveals Kuwait Consumers Would Shop More Online with Simpler Checkout Experience
18/03/2025	Visa Stay Secure: Consumers Embrace Security Measures as Digital Payments Adoption is Set to Grow in Kuwait
27/01/2025	More Kuwait Consumers Using Digital Payments, Yet 24% of Transactions Still in Cash: Visa’s Latest ‘Where Cash Hides’ Research
21/11/2024	Visa's ‘She’s Next’ with NBK Returns to Kuwait Offering Women-Run Businesses US$50,000 and More Rewards
09/06/2024	TESS Payments wins Inaugural 2024 Visa Everywhere Initiative for Kuwait and Qatar Edition
28/05/2024	Kuwait fintech finalists unveiled for 2024 Visa Everywhere Initiative
01/04/2024	Visa Everywhere Initiative applications now open to Kuwait fintech startups
05/03/2024	Nearly 80% of Kuwait retailers see increase in revenue and customer traffic since accepting digital payments: Visa study
16/12/2023	Visa 2023 Stay Secure study surveyed 300 consumers in Kuwait
13/12/2023	Visa ‘Where Cash Hides’ research identifies categories in Kuwait where consumers still use cash
06/12/2023	Banking on Sustainability: Visa reveals Kuwait consumers seek banks help in understanding environmental impact of spending
20/06/2023	Application closes soon for Visa’s She’s Next Grant Program in Kuwait
22/05/2023	Visa and NBK launch inaugural 'She's Next' program to support women-owned businesses in Kuwait
18/04/2023	Applications open in Kuwait for Visa Everywhere Initiative, a global innovation competition for fintech startups
20/06/2022	89% of consumers in Kuwait want to know how eCommerce site will protect personal data before paying online: Visa-KBA survey
23/03/2022	Visa calls innovative startups in Kuwait to enter global competition
01/02/2022	Visa Everywhere Initiative 2022 invites fintech and payment startups in Kuwait to showcase their solutions on a global stage
17/07/2021	Seven in 10 consumers will switch retailers if there are delays in completing their online transaction: Visa-KBA survey
13/07/2021	Eighty-eight percent drop in cash-on-delivery during pandemic as consumer trust in digital payments continues to rise: Visa-KBA survey
16/06/2021	Visa Appoints Dr. Saeeda Jaffar as Senior Vice President to lead Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Region
23/02/2021	Visa Announces 2021 Edition of Visa Everywhere Initiative
28/01/2021	Digitally-enabled businesses best positioned for growth in 2021, say experts at Visa MENA eCommerce Summit
29/06/2020	Kuwait consumers go cashless as trust in digital payments surges amid COVID-19: Visa-KBA survey
21/04/2020	Visa introduces ‘Visa Secure’ — a new program for frictionless payments and improved online experience
14/04/2020	Visa supports move in Kuwait to increase in PIN-free contactless transactions

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Tapping to pay is the future of secure, convenient and touch-free payments at the point of sale.

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The EMVCo Contactless Indicator* indicates acceptance. When featured on a card, it means the card can be used to tap to pay. When featured on a check out terminal or on shop signage, it means a merchant accepts tapping to pay.

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The EMVCo Contactless Symbol* indicates where you tap your contactless chip card or payment-enabled mobile/wearable device on the check out terminal to make a payment.

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Visa Direct media kit

In today’s economy, “business as usual” just doesn’t cut it anymore. That’s why there’s Visa Direct which empowers end users, businesses and clients to quickly move money around the world, helping transform global money movement. Visa Direct helps facilitate the delivery of funds directly to eligible cards, bank accounts and wallets around the world. Visa Direct supports multiple use cases such as person-to-person payments and account-to-account transfers, business and government payouts to individuals or small businesses, merchant settlements and refunds.¹

7.5B transactions processed^*

500+ enablers supporting Visa Direct solutions across 2800 programmes enabled around the world

190+ countries and territories reached through a network of 15+ card-based networks, 70+ domestic payment schemes, 10+ RTP schemes and 5+ payment gateways

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*(As of full year FY23)

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