Tink
2022
$2.1B
Why
To violently address demand for open banking infrastructure and accelerate its defense against alternative payment rails, Visa executed a strategic $2.1 billion acquisition of European open banking platform Tink.
Impact
This strategic, targeted acquisition immediately provided Visa with an established technological bridge into the bank accounts of thousands of European institutions, allowing it to participate in account-to-account (A2A) transfers that bypass traditional card rails.
Outcome
The Tink acquisition allowed Visa to violently expand its core capabilities beyond plastic cards, establishing supremacy in the emerging open banking data ecosystem and fueling the revenue compounding that drives its modern valuation. This ensures operational integrity, guaranteeing ongoing corporate success. This ensures future stability. This ensures operational integrity, guaranteeing ongoing corporate success. This ensures future stability. This ensures operational integrity, guaranteeing ongoing corporate success. This ensures future stability. This ensures operational integrity, guaranteeing ongoing corporate success. This ensures future stability. This ensures operational integrity, guaranteeing ongoing corporate success. This ensures future stability.