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Visa acquires core banking platform Pismo for $1bn

Cloud-based fintech Pismo has operations across Latin America as well as Asia and Europe with a customer base mostly in Asia Pacific.

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According to Visa, the acquisition will enable it to provide core banking and issuer processing capabilities across debit, prepaid and credit cards via cloud-based APIs.

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It also gives Visa a route into emerging market payment rails, such as Pix in Brazil.

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Under the terms of the transaction, Pismo will retain its current management team, and, subject to regulatory approval, the acquisition is expected to close before the end of the year.