Visa Developer Community

Having trouble finding which API to use for a specific problem?    Share your Use-Case in the "Use-Cases" Forum Topic Board and we will make sure to help you by pointing you to the right product and API.    Here's how to post in this section: 1. Click "Ask a Question" 2. Type your Use-Case in the Topic title 3. Select "Use-Cases" for Board Type 4. Post Question    Let us know if you have any questions.    Thank you, Ricardo  ... View more

Bay Area developers came to Visa’s San Francisco office for the company’s first developer meetup on July 26 th .             The Innovate with Visa Meetup Group was launched early July and for the inaugural Meetup the event focused on highlighting Innovation at Visa. (Join to know when the next one is happening!)          For many, this was their first time at the One Market offices…we made sure they got a glimpse of the office view of the Bay during registration. Not bad, right?               During the networking portion, attendees were able to experience three payment demos.           Stadium Demo for GearVR:   Uses Visa Checkout API for you to purchase concert ticket seats and merchandise in a VR experience.   Peer to Peer Mobile Payments: Uses Visa Direct to pay friends who are in your contact list   Fitbit Demo: Workout with your Fitbit on get paid when you exercise          The event kicked-off with a panel speaking on Innovation Enabled by Developers. The panel included: Paul Walsh, SVP of Platform Strategy and Innovation Matt Smith, VP Visa Developer Platform Amit Singh, VP of Product Development for the Visa Developer Platform Ilkay Can, Sr. Director of Client Engagement for Visa Developer       Panelists spoke on the strategy of the Visa Developer Platform, how the technology team is focusing on the developer experience, how developers new to the payments landscape should approach Visa APIs and what to keep in mind when dealing with transactions and security.   Presentations wrapped-up with three developers pitching for a chance to win a Fitbit. Developers were challenged to present an idea that mashed up Visa Developer APIs with third-party APIs to create mind blowing experiences in commerce.   Kevin Chen - to integrate Merchant Locator API, Locate ATMs API, and a third party Google API to create heat maps or ranking scores for each city showing if cash should be taken out before visiting. Alvin Wang - Scan and Pay using Visa Direct. Zafar Siddiqui – Conversational billings and payments Congrats to Siddiqui for winning the pitch and taking home the Fitbit!     The event ended with attendees getting a tour of the Visa Innovation Lab.  Developers were able to experience Visa’s vision for the future of payments, in transportation, renting a vacation home and the future of retail and a connected store.     If you missed the Meetup, make sure to join the Innovate with Visa Meetup Group to stay-up-to-date on our next Meetup in San Francisco.   For developers in other parts of the world, the Meetup will hit the road soon, stay tuned! ... View more

  This summer, five Brazilian FinTech startups began a one-of-kind acceleration program in Silicon Valley. However, this journey started in early May back in São Paulo, Brazil and is all part of the Track Acceleration Program, organized by GSVlabs in partnership with Visa, powered by Kyvo.   “The program is designed to both identify high quality startups in the FinTech space and accelerate their businesses. I've spoken to many international startups who felt like they were ready for Silicon Valley but didn't want to spend too much time away from their teams,” said Bobby Amiri, Director of International Operations at GSVlabs.   GSVlabs works with early stage startups (Pre-seed to Series A) across a variety of verticals such as EdTech, FinTech and HealthTech with technology that includes AR/VR, AI and Machine Learning, among others.   Amiri says GSVlabs identified Brazil as a leading emerging market for startup innovation, particularly in the FinTech space. And for a corporate partner GSVlabs said Visa was the right fit.   “Corporate innovation is an important focus area of GSVlabs. Visa has a strong brand and network and has been a true partner in providing each of the startups with the necessary resources to gain traction,” says Amiri.   Out of the 181 submissions, 15 were selected to make their pitch to be selected. The screening process to make it to pitch, included startups going through an executive review, expert review and face-to-face interview.         Five were selected from their 5-minute pitch to enter the summer long acceleration.   “Each of the winners has developed unique technology that represents a need in FinTech - everything from security and payments to Bitcoin or a social credit score. The teams are all passionate about solving the pain points of their respective customers,” said Amiri.   Meet the startups:   Beetech: A technology company born out of ideas that connect financial technology and innovation in transparency for the main currency exchange services in the world.   Dataholics: A platform that captures and structures millions of data from people who are on social networks like Facebook, Linkedin, Google+, Twitter and many others.   Foxbit: Bitcoin and digital assets trading platform.   Nextone: a platform focused on increasing revenue of segments, reducing bureaucracy and simplifying insurance sales and financial services.   Saffe: Payment and authentication solutions via facial recognition.       The startups spent one month in Silicon Valley, where they worked with experienced Mentors with extensive backgrounds in the Financial Industry to gain valuable information and resources.   They will then return to Brazil for three more months of incubation, with the help of Kyvo who will help on-site in São Paulo.   “We're hopeful that with the success of our first FinTech cohort with Visa there may be opportunities to replicate this model across other key markets in Latin America that Visa is serving,” said Amiri.       Stay tuned for more stories on the startups and demos from what they are working on.     ... View more

No shame in showing off.    New to the Visa Developer Community: Badges, Ranks and a Personalized Profile Page for you superstar developers.    As a fresh user to the Visa Developer Community, your rank will be "Newbie." Things will change the more engaged you are with the forum and blogs. Post a forum question, unlock the Forum Badge. Recieve a Kudo from a fellow dev, unlock the Kudo badge (full list of badges here).       Before you know it, your rank will move from Newbie, to Helper, to Valued Supporter.  Do you think you can get to the higest rank of Community Scholar? Get the full list of ranks and how it works here.    As part of making the Community a place for you to show off your API skills, we want you to personalize it with content you want to see. On the Community Homepage you will see a "Personalize" option, click on that to activate it. You get to determine topics you want to see on there. Next time you log on, you'll get content based off your interest. Read more on personalizing your page here.    The Visa Developer team has some great things in store for those that reach the highest rank, continue to stay engaged and share ideas on what kind of badges you want to see or content we should be providing.    Happy coding!  ... View more

Profile Plus creates a personalized experience Visa Developer Community users tailored to your actions and interests across social networks. Profile Plus is powered with   Klout, which scores a user’s social influence across different social channels. The proprietary algorithms and the large volume of data on the Lithium platform create an unmatched community personalization engine.   In short, Profile Plus takes your community to the next level by creating a personalized community experience that enlists more participants. Members create more high-quality and relevant content, and other people benefit by finding answers faster. More questions being answered results in increasing community business value for your brand. Benefits for members   Registered community members get a personalized experience and also shows content that is relevant to you. You get a   Personalized Content Feed   that surfaces relevant content, based on interactions on social networks.      How to activitate Profile Plus Before connecting to Profile Plus, registered community members and anonymous visitors see a   Personalized Feed component on the Community Page that shows a prepopulated list of content based Klout recommendations. The component includes a call-to-action (CTA), which differs depending on the type of user viewing the page.   Anonymous users are prompted to either sign in or register with the community.      Registered members who are signed in, are prompted to personalize their experience.    Clicking Personalize in the Personalized Feed invites the user to link social networks via klout.com. Linking social network profiles enables Profile Plus to find content relevant to the user. When the user clicks   Connect, the user is connected and can now choose which social networks to link to his or her community profile on the Klout website.   After profiles are linked and the user clicks   Done, the CTA is removed from the Personalized Feed and the component displays content tailored to the community member's activity across all associated channels.    At any time after connecting with Profile Plus, a user can manage his or her Profile Plus settings from the  Profile Plus subtab of the user's My Settings page ( My Settings > Personal > Profile Plus ). In this tab,  the user can add and remove linked social channels via klout.com, select signature interests to display in the Profile Plus message header and hovercard, and disconnect from Profile Plus, if desired.      Comment below with any questions.    ... View more

Hi everyone,   Along with new badges coming soon are also Community Ranks.   The Visa Developer Community ranking system is based on many undisclosed factors and is an indication of your involvement in the Visa Developer Community. If you continue to spend time on the forum, your rank will change. Post a comment on a blog, you will go further.   We will not disclose the ranking criteria to avoid anyone gaming the system.   Your Rank title is displayed beneath your profile picture and Community name:   List of ranks in the Visa Developer Community: Newbie Dabbler Occasional Visitor New Contributor Regular Visitor Helper   Regular Contributor Frequent Helper Valued Supporter Community Scholar   How can I rank up? The easiest way, keep coming back and engage with questions, posts, blogs and so on. The rank structure was developer to compliment the wide variety of ways you engage with fellow Community members and the Visa Developer team.   I skipped a rank, is that normal? Your journey through the rank system might not be straightforward as Newbie -> Dabbler -> Occasional Visitor. It is possible for you to skip from Newbie -> New Contributor -> Regular Visitor.   Have an idea on new ranks? Which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below. ... View more

Hi everyone,   We are excited to announce the addition of 25 new Visa Developer Community badges, offering you with new achievements you can strive for as you continue to engage with us and other developers in the Community.   Here’s the breakdown of the changes:   New Badge Names Conversation Starter First Kudo First Topic First Reply Registration Badge   Note: Each badge will be awarded in increments of five, 25 total new badges this round. Once you do the action five times you will get one more.   How do I earn the badges? For these first 5 it’s simple: Conversation starter: post a comment on one of the articles, blogs or news announcements. First Kudo: Someone thinks what you had to say is great, and they gave you a kudo! First Topic: post a new topic/question on the forum First Reply: Reply to someone’s question/topic on the forum   Where will the badges be showcased? You may have noticed our new Community user profile page design. We have updated the page so you can show off the badges you earn.   Can I lose the badges I earn? No. You worked hard for those badges, and we aren’t taking them away. All the badges you earn will remain on your Visa Developer Profile Page.    How will I know when I get a new badge? You will receive an email the moment you get the badge. Make sure you have allowed emails from: (need email)   Will more badges be added? Yes! The more we grow the more badges we will have. We plan to have meetups, hackathons, webinars, online challenges and so much more – so make sure to keep an eye out for those announcements.   Have ideas on badges you want to see? Comment below. ... View more

  In an effort to connect and engage with the developer community of San Francisco, Visa has launched the Innovate with Visa Meetup Group. The group welcomes developers, Fintech enthusiasts, payment innovators and product managers passionate about shaping the future of payments.   With so much innovation and new payment technology emerging inside of Visa, the inaugural SF Meetup event will focus on just that, innovation. Attendees will hear from Visa’s Developer Platform and Innovation Development teams who will showcase what they’ve been up to, including internal hackathon projects and demos created for client event experiences. The demos, enabled by Visa APIs, show what’s available for developers through the Visa Developer Center and give Meetup members inspiration for building new payment experiences.      “We are excited to launch the Innovate with Visa Meetup group in San Francisco. This gives our Visa Developer team an opportunity to connect with developers and innovators who are at the forefront of digital disruption and have an open dialogue on developing the next wave of innovative platforms and products. I expect a lot of inspiration and hope that anyone interested in the commerce or payments categories comes out and joins us,” says Paul Walsh, SVP of Platform Strategy and Innovation, Visa.   The Meetup will also feature a panel with senior leaders, alongside Walsh will be: Matt Smith, VP Visa Developer Platform and Amit Singh, VP of Product Development for the Visa Developer Platform and Mark Jamison SVP, Global Product Design. They will speak on the Future of Payments Enabled by Developers.   You can’t have a developer event without developer swag and fun challenges, which attendees will experience…plus a drone race. Winner takes home drone!     The Innovate with Meetup event will take place on July 26 th . For information join the Meetup group here.   If spots are filled up, don’t worry…we plan to have more Meetups!           ... View more

  Visa Supplier Matching Service   The Visa Supplier Matching Service is the fast, efficient way to identify suppliers that accept Visa Commercial payment products, so you can reduce time-consuming and labor-intensive paper-based invoice processing and check writing.   Visa B2B Connect   Visa B2B Connect is a business-to-business payment service that Visa is developing for pilot with participating banks to allow their corporate clients to pay their vendors and be paid by their own customers. Visa B2B Connect is designed to specifically address the challenges with traditional cross-border and cross-currency non-card payments. The full suite of Visa B2B Connect APIs will allow participating pilot banks or their technology partners to develop an end-to-end B2B payments solution for cross-border and cross-currency transactions.   Read about more features and releases here. ... View more

Whether you’re reading this at the start of the Challenge, or you have one hour left to submit, we want to help you get your best application submitted for Visa’s Everywhere Initiative. Here are some tips to keep in mind as you crank out that application. (Latin America’s Challenge ends July 14 th , register now)   What is Visa looking for?   Each region presents unique challenges for startups in that market, but what Visa is looking for when looking through submissions is consistent globally: How are you transforming financial services and payments in the region?   Here are some other questions to keep in mind: How unique, innovative, and/or novel is the solution? How scalable is the solution? How well will the solution integrate with Visa platforms? How easily can the solution be implemented? How compelling are the Company’s offerings? How will the solution potentially impact or improve the current consumer experience? Are the milestones that were identified for the development program sufficiently aggressive and attainable? There are currently two regions taking applications for Visa’s Everywhere Challenge, each have a different process, challenge, rules and deadlines.   Latin America and Caribbean:   Challenge: How can Fintech startups from across Latin America and the Caribbean leverage digital technologies to transform financial services in the region?   Apply now: https://t.co/B8PIx7fKjy     How it will work: Pre-screening: Validate and segment startups meeting competition eligibility requirements Screening: Validate that startups meet a minimum level of quality in their current development stage Evaluation: Evaluation by VISA and Finnovista executives, as well as members of the Finnovista community of experts Semi-finalist Selection: Selection of the 50 semi-finalists (10 per each of the 5 semi-finals) by a selection committee composed of VISA and Finnovista executives Finalist Selection: Selection of the 2 finalists at each of the 5 semi-finals by a Jury composed of VISA and external members. Held in the following cities: Mexico- August 24 th Buenos Aires -August 31th Chile - September 7 th Bogota Sept- 26 th Brazil- Sep 28th   Winner Selection: Selection of the winner of the competition at the final by a Jury composed of VISA and external members   Middle East and North Africa – Deadline August 4 th   Three Challenges to choose from: Acceptance Challenge – leverage Visa APIs to: Enabling smaller merchants to accept payments in-store digitally OR Providing a safe and secure solution for online merchants to drive eCommerce and reduce cash on delivery? Airport Transit Challenge – leverage Visa APIs to: How can startups leverage Visa Developer APIs, mobile technologies and connected devices to transform their transit experience at airports? Loyalty Challenge How can startups make it easier for consumers to select the right Visa card for their purchases and be notified about the right Visa offers and benefits at the right time? Register: http://bit.ly/2sPP5jv   How it works Visa may identify up to 5 finalists (plus 5 alternates) per challenge Finalists invited to present solution in person on Sept. 25, 2017 Three winners, one per challenge, will be selected One overall winner will be selected of the three challenge winners   Hear what winners had to say We know a cash prize is exciting, but Visa’s Everywhere Initiative aims to give startups the tools to go to market. previous challenge winners tell Visa it is the validation and resources they received after winning which really helped propel them to the next level.   “It’s difficult for any company—no matter how good the product or service they provide—to rise above the trend and really be able to demonstrate they are the best-in-market solution,” says Pete Borum, co-founder and CEO of Reelio.     “Having the opportunity to work with Visa, one of the best known brands in the world, is really fantastic validation for a startup in an environment that is saturated with startups,” Borum adds.     Read more here.   ... View more

This June, developers from Miami, Florida competed in The 2017 eMerge Americas Hackathon. The event drew in over 125 coders who had 24 hours to tackle complex challenges.   The reward? $5,000 in cash and prizes.     Developers use Visa Developer APIs to build hackathon project Visa sponsored the event by offering Visa challenge winners $2,500 in cash and a chance to meet Steve Wozniak, the Keynote speaker for the eMerge Americas Conference, which took place after the hackathon.     The Visa Challenge: use Visa Developer APIs to create mind-blowing experiences to rapidly expand commerce by mashing Visa APIs with other technology and open APIs. Projects focused on IoT, VR and AR experiences for cardholders.     The event kicked-off early on June 10 th with two Visa API sessions. The sessions gave developers an opportunity to ask questions about Visa Developer capabilities and technical support to kick-off their projects.   After 24-hours of coding through the day and night, 25 teams completed a project and presented a demo to the judges. 14 of those used Visa Developer APIs. Half of the top 10 teams used Visa APIs, the projects varied from mobile P2P demos to facial recognition for checkout projects.    The Visa Winner: The Silver Logic, developed an augmented reality app within 24 hours called The Real Deal App.   The Real Deal app was created to enhance and augment the consumer shopping experience, the application finds exclusive deals around you powered by the Visa Offers Resource Center. Users simply scan a storefront or nearby location with their smartphones, once the Real Deal app recognizes your location it will display animated pop ups showing customers deals available at that location.     The Real Deal App can also be used from home with Alexa, shoppers can ask Alexa to tell them deals from the merchants around their location.    See exactly how it works here. Stay tuned for more from the team in an upcoming post!      ... View more

Visa’s Everywhere Initiative is now open to startups in Latin America and the Caribbean.   The regional competition, organized in partnership with Finnovista, whose mission is to promote the development of fintech entrepreneurship, is an innovation program designed to engage with the startup community and encourage the development of the “next big thing” in payments.   Challenge: How can Fintech startups from across Latin America and the Caribbean leverage digital technologies to transform financial services in the region? Create innovative products and services that benefit consumers and businesses in the region using the Visa APIs.   Prize: Receive $50,000 USD and 10 finalists will participate in a 4-day immersion program with Visa in Miami prior to the finals.   Deadline to apply: July 14 th   Get all the information you need and apply here. ... View more

Visa and PYMNTS released a new study entitled “How We Will Pay,” which found that more than 80% of Americans have a strong interest in using connected devices to make purchases.   This study asked 2,584 US consumers three questions:   What connected devices do they own today? How do they use them to pay? How might they like to use them to pay in the future?   The study found that 75 percent of consumers have at least one connected device, in addition to their smartphones, computers or tablets. 83 percent recognize those devices as saving time and reducing friction when making purchases - subsequently creating an unattended checkout experience, regardless of device or platform.   Read the full report and study here.                 ... View more

Written By: Vincent Hesner, Manager - Visa Checkout iOS SDK    "Sometimes a gift is not a gift until it is wrapped"                 - Someone smart, probably   Visa Checkout is a product with two sets of customers. On one hand, there are the millions of users that have a Visa Checkout account and rely on the trusted name of Visa to house their credit card information to pay for things. On the other hand, the Visa Checkout SDK's customers are the merchants who must integrate the Visa Checkout button into their apps and sites. Visa Checkout cannot be used for purchases without the Visa Checkout SDK.   We recently interviewed a sample of merchants using Visa Checkout SDK and took notes. Lots of notes. We heard a common theme; that the Visa Checkout Mobile SDK was difficult to integrate with.   Since then, we have given the Visa Checkout Mobile SDK an entire makeover. Everything from integration steps, to class names, to file sizes, to documentation has been completely redesigned with merchant integration usability in mind.   Here is a video of how easy it is to integrate the Visa Checkout Mobile SDK into an Swift mobile app. In just 90 seconds, merchants can begin providing their customers a safe, easy way to pay for items.   Check it out and stay tuned for more Visa Checkout Mobile SDK usability improvements.   Click here to watch. ... View more

Find the error:   Foreign Exchange test case in the attachment is not correct. Find the solution, fix it and send it over.     Must send attachment to Visadeveloper@visa.com   There is also additional documentation in the Readme file. ... View more

You’ve registered for a Visa Developer account, now what?   Join us May 18 th at 11 am PST as we help you get over that first hurdle of getting started with Visa Developer.   This interactive webinar will be hosted by Visa Developer Platform Sr. Product Manager Sean Newton. Newton will provide you with insider knowledge to help you  quickly navigate around the platform to find the APIs you need for your payment project use-case.   Things you will learn:   Credentials: What you need to know. Sample Code: Where to find it. Testing in Sandbox: Best practices   The webinar will end with a live Q&A. This is your chance to connect directly with us. Can’t make it? We’ll update you on the recording. Please make sure to check back for that announcement.   Registration is open now: http://bit.ly/2qsUsUB ... View more

Hyperwallet, a global payouts platform, sat down with us to share their experience with integrating Visa Direct through the Visa Developer Platform.   Their platform documentation has been updated with Visa Direct guides, to provide clients the technology to enable fast funds transfer, payment account validation and reporting.   Watch what developers at Hyperwallet have to say about their experience working with the technology here.   Have questions on how you can integrate with the Visa Developer Platform? Comment below. ... View more

Stay informed with the latest releases on existing products and new products through our Release Notes section.   These releases notes provide information on the new features of the latest Visa Developer Release.   Have ideas on what else we should add to Release Notes? Comment below.   ... View more

Visa Card Eligibility API enables you to check eligibility to offers and benefits based on the customer’s card numbers.   The Visa Card Eligibility Services is a card number verification service designed to promote targeted distribution of Visa card benefits.   For example, if you are a merchant, this API allows you to create an offer program. You can then set eligible criteria for the offer and when a customer wants to redeem the offer, the merchant will make a call to verify the cardholder has access.   This API provides an easy way to check if the card meets a complex set of eligibility criteria providing access to premium offers or benefits.   Make sure to check out the product guides and documentation to get more information.   This API is available for issuers, acquirers, merchants, payment service providers, system integrators, commerce platform providers, issuer service providers and developers! Happy Coding!  ... View more

Over 4,700 participants from 22 countries will attend TiEcon in Santa Clara on May 5-6.   For 25 years, the Silicon Valley has been a voice for entrepreneurs and start-ups and this year’s conference will focus on what they deem to be the hottest areas of innovation: machine learning, IoT, FinTech & blockchain, and security.   Kicking off the FinTech & Blockchain track as the keynote speaker will be Visa’s SVP of Platform Strategy & Innovation, Paul Walsh.   Now more than ever, commerce as we know it is changing, so that paying for items using sensors in your shoes or truly simple offers and coupon experiences are within our reach. FinTech companies are fully embracing open technology platforms and the collaboration and partnership necessary in order for change to happen at mass scale.   Paul Walsh plans to discuss this Disruptive Innovation in FinTech, what future of commerce looks like and how you can develop for it now.   Register here and join Visa in Santa Clara next week. If you can’t make it, follow along through the livestream at 10:30amPDT or stay tuned for a recap blog post. ... View more