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Gen Z & the digital consumer

Gen Z & the digital consumer

Who are they? As the second “digital native” generation, Gen Z has grown up with easy access to the internet and technology from a very young age. They are generally comfortable with technology, have a [...]

Understand the potential – and power – of AI

Understand the potential – and power – of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword, evoking a mix of confusion, trepidation, and excitement among consumers and businesses alike. We aim to demystify AI's role, delineating its advantages and disadvantages (for both credit unions [...]

Emerging trends in debit

Emerging trends in debit

Historically, the debit audience has been comprised of older consumers with lower incomes living in suburban areas*. But that may be changing. Nearly one-third of U.S. debit users have increased their usage in the [...]

Seeing the road ahead for small business

Seeing the road ahead for small business

Small businesses, much like local financial institutions, are heavily invested in the communities they serve. Their success is dependent on local customers. And these businesses often look to their local bank or credit union to [...]

Making a difference at the local level

Making a difference at the local level

Visa is known as a trusted network and world leader in digital payments, connecting cardholders, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. But that’s only part of the [...]

Commercial cards: An opportunity too big to miss

Commercial cards: An opportunity too big to miss

Based on the December 2021 update to the Payments Study1, Visa estimates there were 2.9 billion B2B checks for an estimated $11.8 trillion. This represents 26% of all checks paid by U.S. [...]

Investing in the ecosystem

Investing in the ecosystem

At Visa, trust, security and reliability are fundamental to everything we do. As a leading payments technology company, we take seriously our responsibility to maintain the global ecosystem and continually improve capabilities that enable individuals, [...]