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Visa Expands Visa Pay SDK Across Africa and Central Asia to Accelerate Digital Payments
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Fusion42 · 30 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Visa is releasing a software development kit (SDK) to help banks, fintechs, and mobile money operators in Africa and Central Asia quickly integrate its Visa Pay service. The move aims to simplify the launch of virtual cards and other digital payment experiences, particularly in markets with infrastructure challenges.
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◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
Visa has just commoditised the hard part of issuing virtual cards in Africa and Central Asia. Your move is to redeploy engineers from low-level payment integrations to building a better customer experience your rivals cannot copy.
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