OpenWay and Visa Partner to Accelerate Bank Payment Launches in Asia Pacific
OpenWay and Visa Partner for Faster Bank Payment Launches

Singapore, June 9, 2026 – OpenWay, a global provider of digital payment software, has announced a collaboration with Visa, a leader in digital payments, to assist financial institutions in Asia Pacific in bringing new payment propositions to market more efficiently.

Partnership Overview

The collaboration enables banks, processors, and fintechs to launch selected Visa payment capabilities more quickly on OpenWay's Way4 digital software payments platform. By coordinating earlier on product requirements and implementation frameworks, Visa and OpenWay simplify implementation and shorten deployment timelines.

Addressing Market Pressures

Banks across Asia Pacific face increasing pressure to launch new payment experiences rapidly while managing integration complexity, operational resilience, and evolving customer expectations. OpenWay observes growing demand from banks and fintechs for flexible platforms that support faster innovation without requiring large-scale infrastructure replacement.

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Way4 Platform Capabilities

The Way4 platform supports card issuing, digital wallets, merchant acquiring, real-time payments, and other payment services on a single real-time platform. It is designed to help financial institutions launch and scale new payment propositions with high configurability and operational reliability at speed. Way4 can run on premises, in the cloud, as dedicated SaaS, or in hybrid deployment models.

Recent Product Initiatives

This collaboration builds on several recent product initiatives supported on Way4, including Visa Flexible Credential, which allows cardholders to access multiple funding sources through one credential, and Visa Fleet 2.0, which supports fleet-related payment use cases. Additional Visa products and services are expected to follow within the same collaboration framework.

Executive Insight

“Asia Pacific continues to lead global payment innovation, and banks are looking for ways to deliver new customer propositions faster and more efficiently,” said Rudy Gunawan, Managing Director of OpenWay Asia. “Our collaboration with Visa strengthens our ability to support financial institutions with faster implementation of new payment capabilities on Way4.”

About OpenWay

OpenWay is a best-in-class provider of digital payment software solutions for card issuing, digital wallets, merchant acquiring, BNPL, transaction switching, tokenization, and fleet payments. It is recognized as a top cloud payment systems provider by Gartner, Datos Insights, Ovum, Juniper Research, and PayTech. The platform is distinguished as a real-time modern payments software platform, flexible and resilient at scale.

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