visa
8 Aug 2024
At least 430,000 visas have been issued by the United Kingdom (UK) government to Nigerians seeking to study and relocate to the European nation in 2024.
31 Jul 2024
The United States (US) embassy in Nigeria has said it is moving to a new visa services provider on August 26, 2024. A statement on its official website on Wednesday showed that the movement will affect both the US embassy in Abuja and the US Consulate General in Lagos. The US embassy, however, stated that…
14 Jun 2024
Visa has revealed that its tokens have generated more than $40 billion in incremental e-commerce revenue for businesses in Nigeria
3 Apr 2024
Digital payments firm, Visa has expanded its global value-added services business with three new AI-powered risk and fraud prevention solutions.
The new products, part of the end-to-end Visa Protect suite, are designed to reduce fraud across immediate account-to-account and card-not-present (CNP) payments, as well as transactions both on and off Visa’s network.
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