Visa Government Solutions

Visa and its partner ecolytiq recently joined the Mashreq Sustainability Dialogues podcast to discuss how retail banks play an important role in providing information and incentives to their customers to promote sustainable spending and lifestyle choices, and how ecolytiq’s solution can help.?https://lnkd.in/eCA3je9s

Real-time payments modernization is underway in all industries, verticals, and segments, including government.?Hear from Hon. Scott Errickson of Knox county, Illinois, on how they worked together with Visa to eliminate checks and increase efficiencies by delivering real-time* disbursements to county election judges and jurors. ? Learn more about Visa Direct: https://lnkd.in/gMe8x9RU ? *Actual funds availability depends on U.S. receiving financial institutions

In developing nations, MSEs (micro and small enterprises) are a major source of employment and economic growth, and #DigitalPayments can have wide-ranging impacts. A new report from ODI Global and Visa explores how digital finance and payments can promote the economic empowerment and competitiveness of MSEs, and addresses potential challenges in the shift to digital. With findings from 109 national strategies and in-depth case studies of #SouthAfrica and #Colombia, the study identifies five key recommendations for governments: 1. Clear identification of where and how to expand digital payment access 2. Effective partnerships to create a strong national payments ecosystem 3. Meaningfully consulting and engaging with MSEs 4. Active coordination of institutions and capabilities 5. Careful policy development and communication Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eZdxEhZN #MSE #SMB #DigitalTransformation #ODI #Visa #FinancialInclusion

Governments have been able to reduce costs and simplify the experiences of paying taxes and fees with digital payment solutions. Visa can help. https://lnkd.in/ebjRNq4i #Visa #VGS #DigitalPayments?#Government?

Visa and the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) have signed an agreement of collaboration in support of the Costa Rican tourism sector, using insights, trends, and detailed information that will be provided to ICT by Visa through its government data solution. William Rodríguez, Costa Rica’s Minister of Tourism, stated that the agreement with Visa will help strengthen the quality of data and analysis to form national promotional strategies and to make them more effective in attracting prospective visitors from top markets. Visa’s data will also benefit the private sector directly by enabling individual companies to make more informed decisions and commercial plans. #Tourism #CostaRica #Visa #VDI #VGIH https://lnkd.in/en_EBiGB

“Partnerships need to have a clear objective and be meaningful and impactful.” ? Alyoscia D'Onofrio is the Head of Technical Excellence at the International Rescue Committee, an organization working in 40+ countries to help people affected by humanitarian crises. We sat down with Alyoscia at the UN?Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks to talk about: – How approaches to delivering aid have evolved – The value of using widely available technology to reach people in need – The growing emphasis on partnerships — and how to make the most of them And much more. Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/edZT2yvi ? #DigitalAidDialogues #DigitalAid #HumanitarianAid #DigitalPayments #HNPW?#Visa #IRC

Visa partner ecolytiq’s Carbon Insights solution is helping banks to provide valuable data to their small business customers, so they can better monitor and understand the carbon impact of their business purchases.?Now, ecolytiq and HSBC are finalists for 5 different award categories at this year's #BankingTechAwards by Fintech Futures.? #Visa #ecolytiq #HSBC #CarbonInsights

#DigitalGovernment services are an important foundation for an inclusive digital future. To help realize this vision, Visa and USAID are working together to improve access to open and secure digital government systems around the world. This can help to: ? — Enable convenient and secure access to digital payments — Enhance transparency and efficiency in government services ? — Support entrepreneurs and economic development ? This agenda is already taking shape in places like Ukraine, where Visa and USAID worked with the Ministry of Digital Transformation to develop the #Diia app, helping to connect 19 million Ukrainians with 120+ government services. Through this collaboration, Visa and USAID aim to work to make essential government services more accessible in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Caucasus. ? To learn more about this partnership, read the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/ekiZxXTY ? #FinancialInclusion #Development #DigitalPayments #USAID #Visa

Digital payments have a growing role in delivering #HumanitarianAid — and close collaboration is essential to delivering this support quickly and effectively for those in need. Read the study from Devex and Visa:?https://lnkd.in/eT4RvRXQ #Aid #Disbursements #DigitalPayments #VGS #Visa

Visa’s Aisling Quirke spoke recently with Devex about complex challenges in effectively delivering humanitarian and development aid, and a vision for addressing them with flexible digital capabilities delivered through a collaborative ecosystem of public and private partners.?Visa and its partner network can help with payment capabilities to deliver money where it is needed, quickly and simply.?Read the article to learn more. #Visa #Devex #HumanitarianAid #DevelopmentAid