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Visa Inc. has announced expanding Visa Checkout service availability in a total of 16 markets across the globe in 2015.

The service was first launched in U.S., Australia, and Canada in July 2014 now already exist in some of these markets: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, Peru, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and United Arab Emirates.

Sam Shrauger, senior vice president of Digital Solutions at Visa, said in a press release that, “Consumers and merchants alike love its simplicity and ease, which is particularly important as people shop and buy more frequently on smaller devices like phones and tablets. Building on this positive momentum, we are aggressively carrying the service into new markets across the world throughout 2015 and beyond.

Visa Checkout is an online payment service from Visa that makes it easy to pay with a card on your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Create a user password, store shipping and payment information in a secure account once, and click the visa checkout button to complete purchase.

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Bolade Popoola Author

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