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In the past two years, global fintech has experienced a surge of activity, bringing to life innovative use cases and payment solutions – boosting the digital payment ecosystem and driving financial inclusion.

In this fireside chat, Hasan Kazmi, Vice President and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Ventures at Visa CEMEA, and Vaanathi Mohanakrishnan, Head of Business at M2P MENA, join host David Austin to discuss Visa's partnership with M2P and how the VRTL program has helped several fintechs in the Middle East and Africa launch their card programs within days.

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have the potential to revolutionize the way countries transact their currency. In this episode of Visa Navigate CEMEA podcast, Salvador Perez Galindo, Senior Advisor, Global Government Engagement at Visa, and Binur Zhalenov, CEO of National Payments Corporation (NPC) of Kazakhstan, discuss the launch of Kazakhstan's CBDC, the Digital Tenge.
 

At Visa, we recognize the urgency of climate change and are committed to a new era of sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Together with our fintech partner ecolytiq, we launched the Visa Eco Benefits in CEMEA – a Sustainability-as-a-Service solution, enabling Visa cardholders to understand the impact of their spending on the environment and encourage sustainable consumption.
Hear from Otto Williams, SVP, Head of Product, Partnerships, and Digital Solutions CEMEA at Visa and Ulrich Pietsch, Co-Founder and Managing Director of ecolytiq, on how Visa Eco Benefits is empowering financial institutions to meet climate-conscious consumer demand. 

In the UAE, a staggering 94% of consumers utilized at least one digital feature in their most recent purchase. These facts and more are revealed by the 2023 Global Digital Shopping Index: UAE Edition by PYMNTS and Cybersource.
Michael Berner, Head of Merchant Sales and Acquiring at Visa CEMEA, dives into the study to find out. He shares his insights on consumer behaviors trends and what does this mean for merchants, marketers and the payments industry.

In this podcast, Simon Dahlman, Head of Seller Value Added Services and Partnerships, at Visa CEMEA, introduces the new Visa Payfacs Certification Program and details how Visa supports Payfacs in the region.

In this episode of Visa Navigate CEMEA podcast , Otto Williams, Head of Product, Partnerships and Solutions at Visa CEMEA, and Gavin Alexander Dein, Founder and CEO of Reward, a leader in bank loyalty, explore how loyalty programs play an important role in strengthening the relationship between banks and customers, leading to increased satisfaction and profitability.
Visa and Reward, building on their successful partnership in Europe, are joining forces to introduce Visa’s Card Linked Offers solution in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region (CEMEA). This groundbreaking initiative is designed to revolutionize customer engagement and deliver data-driven, hyper-personalized offers to Visa cardholders. The solution enables Visa cardholders to earn merchant-funded rewards both domestically and internationally across 20 countries from 180 brands, offering numerous benefits to issuers, merchants, and cardholders.