(MENAFN- Khaleej Times)Visa announced continued global success of Visa Checkout the online check out service that allows shoppers to pay with their cards online and on any device with just a few clicks.
In recent months no less than 33 new merchants ranging from Best Buy and Under Armour to Barnes & Noble and Taco Bell have signed on to offer Visa Checkout. The rapidly-expanding list of merchants will continue to make it easier for consumers to buy everything they need online on any device using Visa Checkout. The newly signed merchant partners by country 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). "At Barnes & Noble College we are all about delivering the ultimate experience to our students and other customers and that includes offering choice and convenience in their payment options" said Lisa Malat vice-president for operations and chief marketing officer of Barnes & Noble College which serves over 5.3 million students and faculty members and operates 724 campus stores nationwide. "Our partnership with Visa Checkout offers exactly that making the purchasing process simpler for students while offering them opportunities to save money through discounts on back-to-campus purchases." In addition to the range of new global merchants more issuers around the world are also offering Visa Checkout to their customers to enable fast secure online shopping from anywhere. This is especially true in China and UAE where consumer demand for overseas goods continues to grow and issuer partners now include: . China - China Merchants Bank Shanghai Pudong Development Bank China Everbright Bank Bank of Guangzhou and The Card Center China Minsheng Banking Corp. . UAE - Mashreq Emirates NBD Majid Al Futtaim Finance Dubai Islamic Bank Emirates Islamic Bank. As of August 10 2015 China Merchants Bank (CMB) and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) are the first two issuers in the world who have launched Visa Checkout's mobile app inline provisioning within their banking apps providing their customers with an easy way to enroll in Visa Checkout for shopping online at overseas merchants. "It's great to see banks like CMB and SPDB bringing best-in-class enrollment experiences to their customers in China who are eager to shop overseas" said Sam Shrauger senior vice-president of Visa's Digital Solutions who recently outlined Visa's Checkout strategy in a pymnts.com article. "As more merchants and issuers integrate Visa Checkout the number of consumers seeing the benefit of a faster online checkout experience also grows. We're starting to see the network effect kick-in." Visa Checkout will launch several new global co-marketing campaigns with merchants this fall ranging from consumer promotions to social media campaigns and sponsorship marketing. Merchants that have previously partnered in successful promotional campaigns include Dunkin' Donuts Fandango Gymboree Pizza Hut Virgin America Williams-Sonoma and zulily in the US; Cineplex Theatres and Indigo Books & Music in Canada; and Freedom Pizza in the UAE.
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