12th March 2025, Kathmandu
Visa (NYSE: V), the global leader in digital payments, is partnering with Fonepay, a leading payment network in Nepal, to introduce its Scan to Pay solution for international travelers to pay in Nepal using Fonepay’s QR scheme. This collaboration is expected to make cross-border payments by incoming tourists using Visa credentials secure, seamless, and convenient.
Visa Fonepay QR Payments
The Scan to Pay solution by Visa and Fonepay will greatly enhance the shopping experience of people traveling to Nepal by enabling Visa card payments at over 1.5 million QR merchants across Nepal. International travelers who have tokenised Visa credentials in their preferred digital wallet apps will soon be able to pay using their Visa cards when scanning a Fonepay QR in Nepal.
Sabbir Ahmed, Country Manager, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, Visa said, “We are delighted to partner with Fonepay to enable consumers and tourists in Nepal to use Visa cards to scan and pay digitally anywhere, everywhere. This is a significant milestone in Visa’s partnership with Fonepay, and we eagerly look forward to bringing to the nation more innovative, simple, and secure ways to pay and be paid.”
Diwas Sapkota, Chief Executive Officer of Fonepay, said, “This partnership is a significant step in expanding Fonepay’s QR Scheme as the preferred cross-border payment scheme in Nepal, bringing seamless and secure digital transactions experience to Visa cardholders around the globe in alternative payment rails like QR payment acceptance. By integrating Visa’s extensive global network with Fonepay’s strong QR payment infrastructure, we are making cross-border transactions more accessible and convenient. This collaboration will further accelerate digital payment adoption, benefiting merchants of all sizes and driving financial inclusion across Nepal.”
QR codes, one of the most popular payment methods in Nepal and across Asia, will make it simple for Visa cardholders to make cashless payments at over a million merchant outlets in the country, reducing transaction time and empowering secure digital payments. The small business and merchant community will also benefit greatly from accepting card payments without a POS (Point of Sale) machine, while large retail stores will be able to service faster queues and quicker checkouts with enhanced fraud protection.
Visa has been working closely with banks and partners in Nepal to enhance digital payment adoption and acceptance by consumers and merchants across the country. Enabling consumers to use Visa cards on Fonepay is another significant step in deepening its commitment to digitising Nepal with convenient, secure digital payments for cardholders to pay digitally in Nepal.
About Visa
Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payment network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of money movement.
About Fonepay
Fonepay is the largest Payment System Operator in Nepal. It is licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Nepal (Nepal Rastra Bank). A subsidiary of the F1Soft Group, Fonepay is an ISO 27001:2013 certified company. Fonepay has been making active efforts to contribute towards a cashless economy by enabling fast, secure, and reliable digital cashless payment services to bank and wallet customers as well as businesses. The company is focused on bringing innovations to the mobile payment network through the usage of technology to achieve greater efficiency in operations and widen the reach of payment systems.
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