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Visa Expands Visa Pay SDK Across Africa and Central Asia to Accelerate Digital Payments

Published

30 July 2026

Topic

technology

Sectors

Fintech

Geography

Africa

Source

Read at techafricanews.com

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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.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech.

◆ 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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1 source · 30 Jul 2026

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