Launching throughout Europe
V.me by Visa is now live in the UK, France, Spain and Poland. The UK’s Nationwide Building Society is joined by leading issuers BPCE and LCL in France, with ING Bank Slaski now in pilot in Poland and multiple pilots also underway in Spain. Other major issuers will launch soon in all four markets, including RBS in the UK, marking a major milestone for the service as it enters the first stage of its pan-European launch.
Offering simple, secure online payments, V.me by Visa is designed to increase consumer confidence in online shopping and reduce the proportion of sales that are abandoned during the checkout process. In the UK any cardholder can sign up to participate in the launch. In other markets the service is currently being offered to a select group of consumers, with wider availability to follow in the coming months.
More than 1,400 merchants accept V.me by Visa today, with soon-to-launch retailers including Universal Music in the UK and Allopneus, Aquarelle, Brandalley, Leclerc Drive, Made.com and Pecheur.com in France.
By January 2014, up to 4,000 merchants will accept V.me by Visa thanks to strategic partnerships with main services suppliers in the payment industry, notably WorldPay in the UK, as well as Be2bill (Rentabiliweb), Payzen (Lyra Network), Payline by Monext, Paybox (Point VeriFone), SystemPay (Natixis Paiements) and Worldline (Atos subsidiary in e-payment services) in France.
The V.me by Visa pilot programme for Ireland will take place in early 2014, with more launches soon to be announced. Consumers in each country will be able to use their wallet at any European retailer that accepts V.me by Visa.
Steve Perry, Chief Commercial Officer, Visa Europe, says: “V.me by Visa gives merchants and issuers an acceptance mark that will work across Europe. Mobile phones, tablets and the use of digital payments have changed the nature of commerce: consumers want to be able to buy from the merchant of their choice via any device without sharing their card details. That’s why we’re working with our members and merchants to give them the benefit of V.me by Visa’s scale and international reach.”
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