Visa, the global leader in digital payments technology has completed 30 years of operations in Bangladesh on Thursday. Visa started its operation back in 1988. Visa on Thursday unveiled Bangladesh’s first contactless card in the market and announced plans to launch an interoperable scan to pay QR payments in the market. Visa also announced plans to launch the first ever EMV-based interoperable QR payment solution for Bangladesh. Visa is currently associated with 47 banks comprising public sector banks, domestic private banks, foreign banks and over 30,000 merchants helping it offer debit, credit, commercial and prepaid services to Bangladeshis across the country.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 10, 2018 19:18 UTC