Creating new ways to pay and be paid

Work with Visa to upgrade your payment solutions

Visa + acquirers

Partner with Visa to develop new products and services that offer smarter payments solutions.

Visa chip card technology

Person using a Visa payWave debit card at a payment terminal.

Enhanced security for a smarter world

As the chip market grows, you need to keep up. Visa has led the world in the global adoption of chip cards and we are ready to use our expertise to help your business offer chip technology.

Learn about chip card technology for acquirers

Data security

Protect your cardholder data

Learn about data security

Visa clients must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a comprehensive security standard intended to help organisations proactively protect customer account data. Visa acquirers that are directly connected to VisaNet and/or

who process on behalf of other Visa clients must demonstrate PCI DSS compliance to Visa every 12 months. Visa has discretion to require any acquirer or its service providers to demonstrate compliance.

Visa is simplifying PIN security compliance

Visa acquirers must ensure that their acquiring third-party agents who participate in the Visa PIN programme perform their compliance validation no later than 31 December 2015.

Learn about PIN security

Services + solutions

Visa Performance Solutions

Acquirers play a critical role within the global payments infrastructure, and we are in a unique position to offer services, solutions and insights that contribute to your success. We work with you to expand your merchant portfolio, increase acceptance and reduce merchant attrition.

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Visa Integrated Redemption Platform

Integrated Redemption enables fast redemption of offers at point of sale to improve the consumer experience. Prices are reduced in real-time as part of the authorisation flow and consumers are notified at check out via receipt, SMS or email.

Manage retail promotions across all retail outlets using a consistent redemption process
Enable all offer programmes with a single redemption method
Track and measure programme success with consolidated reporting

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Visa Data Secure Platform

Visa DSP is made up of hardware and software point-to-point encryption (P2PE) and tokenisation.

This can help reduce PCI compliance costs by protecting data in flight and at rest.

Deliver a standardised network solution for securing payments across all participants
Use tokenisation to track sales data across retail locations and limit access to sensitive cardholder data
Combine P2PE and tokenisation to minimise fraud.

Learn about Data Secure

Visa Accelerated Connection Platform

Accelerated Connection enables acquirers to offer merchants faster access to payment innovation. A flexible XML API connects POS terminals or payment gateways to the Visa payment network.

Leverage existing merchant POS technology to support real-time offer redemption
Deploy point-to-point encryption and tokenisation to secure consumer data
Support rollout and activation of mPOS solutions in new verticals and markets

Learn about Accelerated Connection

Mobile Payment Solutions

Merchant using a mobile phone to complete a transaction

Innovating mobile payment

Start offering point-of-sale solutions to enable acceptance of NFC and HCE mobile payments.

Learn about Visa Ready mobile payment solutions

Resources

Visa Global Acquirer Risk Standards

All acquirers must comply with the requirements specified in the Visa Global Acquirer Risk Standards when managing merchant and third party agent relationships.

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Training

Visa provides valuable information regarding the latest data security trends, data breaches and attack vectors, best practices and Visa compliance programmes through an on-going series of conferences, webinars and training sessions.

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