Visa, a global leader in digital payments, and Fiserv, a Fortune 500 payments and financial technology company, have announced an expansion of their long-standing partnership to roll out the Visa Acceptance Platform across Fiserv’s merchant acquiring and processing solutions in Europe.
The expanded collaboration introduces a unified, API-driven acceptance layer aimed at simplifying integration for acquirers while helping merchants improve authorisation rates, reduce fraud and deliver seamless customer experiences.
By combining Visa’s front-end authorisation capabilities with Fiserv’s acquiring and processing infrastructure, the two companies are delivering a cloud-based acceptance solution that supports intelligent routing, enhanced data and embedded value-added services.
Acquirers will be able to access Visa’s acceptance services through a single, API-first integration embedded directly within Fiserv’s acquiring environment. This approach is designed to reduce the need for multiple connections and bespoke development, while enabling greater scale and flexibility across markets.
Fiserv SVP and head of merchant product EMEA Paul Adams said, “This partnership with Visa marks a significant advancement in delivering value to our clients.
“By embedding the Visa Acceptance Platform into our merchant acquiring and processing solutions, we simplify payment acceptance, enhance digital capabilities and accelerate time to market for acquirers and merchants across the region.”
Visa Europe head of acceptance sales Dan Parsons said, “I’m really excited about the evolution of our partnership with Fiserv. Together, we are giving acquirers a simpler operating model that helps improve authorisation rates and reduces fraud and chargebacks. For merchants, that translates into richer data and higher approval rates, making it easier to deliver the new experiences their customers now expect – whether that’s shopping online, in store or tapping to travel – with speed and confidence.”
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