Visa marks the continued success of Visa Checkout, the online check out service that enables shoppers to pay with their cards online or on any device. In recent months, at least 33 new merchants have signed on to offer Visa Checkout.
Since the beginning of 2015, registered sign-ups for the service have increased by more than 92 percent. In June and July 2015, the average monthly enrolment growth rate for Visa Checkout was over 30 percent.
Today’s expanded list brings the number of merchants offering Visa Checkout to nearly a quarter million globally, while financial institution partners have grown to over 330.
In the UAE, Visa Checkout was made available in April 2015. Since then, banks in the UAE have offered Visa Checkout to their customers for secure cross-border shopping. The expanding list of UAE issuer partners includes Mashreq, Emirates NBD, Majid Al Futtaim Finance, Dubai Islamic Bank, and Emirates Islamic Bank.
Newly signed merchant partners worldwide include:
· United States: Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble College, Cle de Peau Beaute, delivery.com, EllenShop.com, JustFab, LivingSocial, Shiseido, ShoeDazzle, Shutterfly, Sport Chalet Mobile, StudentUniverse, Under Armour, Taco Bell, Title Nine and zulily
· Australia: Event Cinemas, Village Cinemas, Hoyts, Moshtix, The Roses Only Group and Ticketek
· Canada: Grand & Toy and Heart and Stroke Foundation
· Colombia: Archies, Agrocampo, BabyMarket, Carulla.com, Exito.com, Falabella.com, Myriam Camhi and Unicef (due to technology partner IATAI integrating Visa Checkout)
Now if only Apple Pay made its way here sooner !! Right ?
