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Visa Establishes Global Capability Hubs in Singapore to Build the Future of Global Commerce

PR Newswire•04/11/2026•20:59 ET
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Key Highlights

  • ➤Visa establishes six global capability hubs in Singapore.
  • ➤New Paya Lebar Green Solution Center will host more than 1,500 professionals.
  • ➤Hubs target AI, cybersecurity, quantum computing and next-generation payments.
  • ➤Visa plans to expand specialized research, engineering and innovation roles in Singapore.
  • ➤Visa will collaborate with AXS, DBS, DCS, FOMO Pay, Nium and StraitsX.

Expert Statements

Rajat Taneja, President, Technology, Visa

“We're entering an extraordinary period of commerce innovation, driven by AI, digital money and other emerging technologies. Turning that promise into progress requires technology people and businesses can trust. Our expanded presence in Singapore will bring together great talent, deep expertise, and trusted infrastructure to build new commerce experiences around the world,”

Stephen Karpin, Regional President, Asia Pacific, Visa

“Singapore is increasingly where the future of commerce is being built. Many of the world's most complex questions around payments innovation, digital money, AI and trust are being solved in Asia Pacific. By bringing these capabilities together in Singapore, we are creating a hub that can develop globally relevant solutions while supporting Singapore's continued leadership in technology and innovation,”

Beng Kong Pee, Executive Vice President, Singapore Economic Development Board

“Visa has been a long-standing partner with Singapore for over four decades. Visa's latest investment in six global capability hubs here will create new high-value jobs for Singaporeans. It will also bolster Singapore's role in developing innovative financial products and solutions in areas such as agentic commerce and quantum,”

Visa Establishes Global Capability Hubs in Singapore to Build the Future of Global Commerce PR Newswire

Visa's new Solution Center in Paya Lebar Green will host 1,500 employees focused on developing capabilities in agentic AI, next-generation payments and trusted commerce.

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