Visa Plans Blockchain Push From India

Visa Plans Blockchain Push From India

Visa is the world’s largest payment network and handles nearly 56,000 transaction messages a second. In August 2015, the company had announced the opening up of a new technology development centre in Bangalore, India. According to a press release made by Visa the aim of this development centre is to boost digital commerce globally. It has now been revealed that this centre will also focus on blockchain the technology behind Bitcoin. Visa chooses Blockchain. According to the Indian financial newspaper Mint a Top Visa executive has revealed that the company plans to use Blockchain technology....


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