{"id":258506,"date":"2025-11-12T11:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/258506\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:48:30","slug":"visa-scan-to-pay-now-live-for-millions-of-merchants-across-asia-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/258506\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa \u2018Scan to Pay\u2019 Now Live for Millions of Merchants Across Asia Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.sg\/tag\/Visa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Visa<\/a> has launched its Scan to Pay feature for QR payments across Asia Pacific, expanding digital payment acceptance to millions of merchants.<\/p>\n<p>The rollout aims to simplify everyday payments and let consumers use their preferred wallets and apps for Visa transactions at home or abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The solution is supported by Samsung Wallet across Asia Pacific, LINE Pay in Taiwan, VNPT Money in Vietnam, and Woori Card and Hyundai Card in Korea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3JaNtt4\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"SEON - SFF 2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEON-SFF-2025.png\" alt=\"SEON - SFF 2025\"   width=\"300\" height=\"250\" style=\"display: inline-block;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It also works with QR payment providers including Lakala in Mainland China, FOMO Pay in Singapore, VNPAY and NextPay in Vietnam, and OpenRice in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Scan to Pay is part of Visa Pay, a broader initiative linking digital wallets to Visa-accepting merchants worldwide across in-store and online channels.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers can pay by tapping, scanning, or checking out online through their preferred apps.<\/p>\n<p>For merchants, the rollout extends access to international customers using home-country wallets and allows use of existing QR systems, reducing costs and supporting business growth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-116032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/T.R.-Ramachandran-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"T.R. Ramachandran\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"  \/>T.R. Ramachandran<\/p>\n<p>T.R. Ramachandran, Head of Products and Solutions, Asia Pacific, Visa, said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs commerce across Asia Pacific becomes increasingly mobile-first, Visa is leading the way with innovations like Scan to Pay that accelerate QR payment adoption.<\/p>\n<p>By enabling millions of merchants to accept secure, seamless payments by tapping or scanning, we\u2019re not only expanding digital acceptance but also empowering consumers with more flexible ways to pay \u2013 anytime, anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visa will showcase Visa Pay and <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.sg\/121672\/ai\/visa-intelligent-commerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Visa Intelligent Commerce<\/a> at the Singapore Fintech Festival from 12\u201314 November 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.sg\/singapore-fintech-festival-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-121571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SFF-800-x-313-2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"313\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: Edited by Fintech News Singapore, based on image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepik.com\/premium-photo\/hand-using-smartphone-scan-qr-code_8335559.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">user13350594<\/a> via Freepik<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Visa has launched its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-258506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}