Thales and Visa Collaborate to boost Digital Payment solutions across Asia Pacific

• Thales joined the Visa Digitalization Ready Program (VDRP) to help accelerate the adoption of Visa’s next-generation digital payment solutions by financial institutions across Asia Pacific.
  
  
• As the first technology partner to join VDRP in Asia Pacific, Thales reinforces its leadership in digital payments while supporting Visa’s ambition to accelerate the deployment of Click to Pay across the region.
  
  
• Through Thales’ D1, a modern card issuing platform, issuers across Asia Pacific can seamlessly deploy Click to Pay and innovative digital services such as Payment Passkeys, enabling faster, more secure and frictionless payment experiences for consumers.
  
  

As financial institutions across Asia Pacific accelerate their digital transformation, they face growing demand to deliver payment experiences that are both frictionless for consumers and resilient against evolving cyber threats. By joining the Visa Digitalization Ready Program (VDRP), Thales will help issuers accelerate the deployment of next-generation digital payment services, combining trusted security, simplified integration and faster time to market.

The collaboration will initially focus on Click to Pay and Payment Passkeys, powered by Thales’ market-leading D1 platform. By streamlining the integration of Visa’s digital services, Thales enables issuers to reduce implementation complexity, accelerate deployment and deliver secure, intuitive payment experiences at scale.

The collaboration reflects a shared commitment by Visa and Thales to support issuers throughout their digital transformation. Together, the two companies will drive the adoption of trusted digital payment services that combine greater convenience for consumers with stronger security and authentication, helping financial institutions respond to rapidly evolving customer expectations.

Recognised for its global expertise in digital issuance and tokenisation, Thales’ D1 platform enables issuers to rapidly activate Visa’s digital payment capabilities while ensuring high levels of security, scalability and performance. This allows financial institutions to offer faster, frictionless checkout experiences without compromising trust.

About Thales

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace, and Cyber & Digital sectors. Its portfolio of innovative products and services helps address several major challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability and inclusion.

The Group allocates €4.5 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Quantum and Cloud technologies. Thales has more than 85,000 employees in 65 countries. In 2025, the Group generated sales of €22.1 billion.

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About Thales in Singapore

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the growth of aerospace activities in Asia. Since then, it has grown to be a leading deep-tech company operating in the Aeronautics (including avionics and air traffic management), Defence, Public Security, Cybersecurity & Digital Identity sectors. Thales in Singapore runs global industrial operations for avionics and digital identity solutions and has a strong commitment to Research, Technology and Innovation, with Centres of Excellence for avionics, defence, inflight entertainment, naval drones, public security, radars and space. With over 2000 employees across four locations, Thales is actively supporting Singapore in driving its digital transformation and Smart Nation ambitions.