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Business Wire India

• New value-added service brings subscription switching, cancellation, alerts, and insights into one seamless, in-app experience
• As global subscriptions approach 12 billion by 20301, consumers demand greater transparency and financial control
• Collaboration with providers like Pinwheel expands the reach of Visa’s Digital Issuer Solutions, which helps issuers deliver modern digital experiences for cardholders

 

Visa (NYSE: V), a global leader in digital payments, today unveiled an Enhanced Subscription Manager solution, a new value‑added service within its Digital Issuer Solutions business. As the number of subscriptions worldwide is projected to reach 12 billion by 2030, consumers are seeking simple, transparent ways to track and manage recurring charges. In support of this, Visa is collaborating with Pinwheel, a leading provider of in‑app bill management capabilities.

 

Enhanced Subscription Manager helps issuers respond to consumer demand by offering a consolidated, easy-to-integrate solution that elevates the user experience. Issuers can give cardholders greater subscription visibility, easy payment switching methods and cancellation capabilities, all without leaving their banking app. This helps reduce unwanted charges by giving consumers greater confidence and control over recurring subscription payments. Issuers can help strengthen engagement, improve retention, and reduce disputes and chargebacks tied to recurring payments.

 

 

“Consumers today want clarity, control, and convenience when it comes to managing the subscriptions that touch so many parts of their lives,” said Kathleen Pierce‑Gilmore, global head of Issuing Solutions at Visa. “By enhancing subscription management capabilities with Digital Issuer Solutions, and expanding through strategic collaborations with companies like Pinwheel, we’re helping issuers deliver digital experiences that keep them top‑of‑wallet.”

 

 

Visa’s Digital Issuer Solutions is a platform for delivering modern consumer‑facing experiences in an issuer’s app. Enhanced Subscription Manager is one of several value‑added services offered within the platform, focused specifically on subscription visibility and management. Additional platform capabilities include scheme‑agnostic push provisioning, digital card display, and transaction controls, supported by a foundation designed to evolve alongside issuer needs.

 

 

By integrating with Visa’s Digital Enablement Software Development Kit (SDK), the new collaboration with Pinwheel enables issuers to embed card switching and subscription cancellation for 100+ major merchants within their digital channels. According to a January 2025 survey of 500 employed and banked American consumers by Pinwheel, 75% of consumers expect in‑app bill management, and over 50% of Millennials and Gen Z consumers would switch banks to get it.

 

 

“As the subscription economy has exploded, consumers have lost visibility and control over their recurring spending,” said Brian Karimi-Pashaki, Chief Revenue Officer at Pinwheel. “That lack of transparency is confusing for consumers. Banks and fintechs that empower consumers to view, manage, switch, and cancel subscriptions are winning primary relationships, substantial interchange revenue, and long-term brand loyalty.”

 

 

Visa’s Enhanced Subscription Manager will be available to North American issuers in summer of 2026, followed by expansion to Latin America and the Caribbean. Visa designs and develops products to enhance the subscription billing experience for consumers, financial institutions, and merchants, with additional enhancements planned throughout 2026.

 

 

Explore more at Visa’s Digital Issuer Solutions.

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

 

 

What is Visa’s Enhanced Subscription Manager?

 

 

Enhanced Subscription Manager is a value‑added service that is part of the suite of Digital Issuer Solutions. It enables issuers to provide cardholders with a centralized experience to view, manage, switch, and cancel recurring subscription payments directly within their mobile banking apps. Enhanced Subscription Manager brings together subscription visibility, alerts, insights, and card‑on‑file management through a single integration.

 

 

Who is the Enhanced Subscription Manager designed for?

 

 

The Enhanced Subscription Manager is designed for issuers that want to give their cardholders greater transparency and control over recurring payments while strengthening digital engagement and loyalty.

 

 

How does the collaboration with Pinwheel enhance the experience?

 

 

Through Visa’s collaboration with Pinwheel, issuers can offer expanded subscription switching and cancellation capabilities across more than 150 merchants. This includes cancellation for select merchants and guided workflows for many others, helping consumers take action on subscriptions that are often difficult to manage.

 

 

Can Enhanced Subscription Manager support subscription cancellation and card switching across payment networks?

 

 

Yes. Consumers can cancel subscriptions and switch eligible subscriptions paid with any card to a Visa card. The cancellation and switching capabilities, enabled through Visa’s collaboration with Pinwheel, work across payment networks.

 

 

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 payments 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. Learn more at Visa.com.

 

 

About Pinwheel

 

 

Pinwheel powers next‑generation banking experiences with frictionless account activation and engagement solutions. Its industry‑leading Switch Kit enables instant deposit and bill switching and is supported by a proprietary network covering 1,800 payroll providers, 1.5 million employers, and thousands of merchants. Pinwheel delivers real‑time income, employment, deposit, and payment insights that help financial institutions personalize services and improve customer outcomes. Pinwheel is trusted by leading financial innovators and backed by top‑tier investors.

 

 

¹Juniper Research, “Subscription Economy Market 2025-2030 Data Forecasts,” July 14, 2025

 

 

 

 

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Business Wire India

According to Omdia, global spending on cloud infrastructure services reached US$110.9 billion in Q4 2025, reflecting year-on-year growth of 29%. Growth accelerated from the previous quarter, marking the sixth consecutive quarter in which the market expanded by more than 20%. As enterprise AI demand shifts from experimentation to production deployment, hyperscalers are increasing investment to expand AI infrastructure capacity.

 

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Looking ahead to 2026, Omdia forecasts that global cloud infrastructure services spending will grow by 27%, with competitive differentiation increasingly shaped by infrastructure scale, capital efficiency and the strength of AI agent-related platform capabilities.

 

During the quarter, AWS’s growth accelerated to 24%, while Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud recorded strong year-on-year growth of 39% and 50%, respectively. AI demand is no longer confined to specialized compute such as GPUs, but is also driving broader infrastructure demand across CPUs, storage, and networking. As enterprise AI adoption increasingly centers on agents, workflows, and data integration, organizations require infrastructure environments that can be effectively orchestrated, scaled, and governed. This reinforces the role of cloud platforms as the operational foundation for AI, while continuing to support the migration of both traditional and emerging workloads to the cloud.

 

 

Meanwhile, AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud all reported backlog growth, pointing to sustained demand and continued enterprise investment in AI and cloud infrastructure. Rising demand is also prompting hyperscalers to step up capital spending to accelerate AI infrastructure expansion. AWS expects capital expenditure to reach US$200 billion in 2026, more than 50% above the nearly US$132 billion recorded in 2025. Microsoft reported quarterly capital expenditure of US$37.5 billion, up by nearly US$15 billion year on year. Google, meanwhile, raised its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to between US$175 billion and US$185 billion, more than double the prior year’s level.

 

 

“For cloud vendors, the challenge is no longer just about scaling capacity quickly enough to meet surging demand, but about doing so with discipline across investment pace, resource allocation, and global operational efficiency,” said Rachel Brindley, Senior Director at Omdia. “As AI continues to raise infrastructure requirements while constraints remain, vendors that can expand in a more targeted and efficient way will be best positioned to lead in the next phase of competition.”

 

 

At the same time, competition is increasingly extending beyond model access and infrastructure scale toward the application layer, particularly in the development and deployment of AI agents. “For enterprise customers, the key question is whether these capabilities can be embedded into existing systems, workflows, and data environments, and then scaled reliably in production,” said Yi Zhang, Senior Analyst at Omdia. “This is pushing cloud vendors to invest more heavily in tool governance, workflow orchestration, and deployment capabilities, helping AI move closer to operational use at scale.” For example, AWS has introduced productized agent offerings such as Kiro, Amazon Quick, Transform, and Connect, while Microsoft is extending agents into cloud operations and application modernization workflows.

 

 

AWS remained the leader in the global cloud infrastructure market in Q4 2025, with a 32% market share and 24% year-over-year revenue growth, up from the previous quarter. It ended Q4 with a total backlog of US$244 billion, underscoring sustained demand. AWS stated that Amazon Bedrock had reached a multi-billion-dollar annualized run rate, with customer spending increasing 60% quarter on quarter. In December 2025, AWS introduced Nova Forge, enabling enterprises to incorporate proprietary data during the early training stages of Amazon Nova models to build customized foundation models, known as Novellas. This supports deeper model customization for enterprise AI agents. AWS has also introduced productized agent solutions including Kiro, Amazon Quick, Transform, and Connect, helping translate AI model capabilities into tangible business value. Meanwhile, AWS continues to expand its global infrastructure footprint, with ongoing investment in data center capacity across Europe and the United States to support growing demand for AI compute.

 

 

Microsoft Azure remained the world’s second-largest cloud service provider in Q4 2025, with a 22% market share and year-on-year revenue growth of 39%. Since December 2025, Microsoft has continued to expand the range of models available in Azure AI Foundry, adding models such as Mistral Large 3, GPT-5.2, and Claude Opus 4.6, further reinforcing its position as an enterprise-grade multi-model AI platform. At the same time, Azure is moving agentic AI beyond model access and into enterprise execution. The launch of agentic cloud operations in February 2026 extended Azure Copilot into cloud operations and continuous optimization, while new agentic capabilities introduced in March across Azure Copilot and GitHub Copilot further integrated application modernization into an end-to-end workflow. On the infrastructure front, Microsoft announced in February that its Saudi Arabia East data center region will open in Q4 2026, further extending its localized cloud and AI footprint.

 

 

Google Cloud held its position as the world’s third-largest cloud service provider in Q4 2025, delivering robust year-on-year growth of 50% and expanding its market share to 12%. By the end of the quarter, it reported a total backlog of US$240 billion, up sharply from US$157.7 billion in Q3, underscoring improved demand visibility. In January 2026, Google entered a multi-year partnership with Apple to develop the next generation of Apple Foundation Models leveraging Gemini models and Google Cloud technologies. Since December 2025, Google Cloud has continued enhancing its enterprise AI platform, Vertex AI, with additions including Gemini Embedding, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Nano Banana Pro/2 to further strengthen enterprise capabilities in retrieval, complex reasoning, and multimodal generation. Concurrently, it has strengthened enterprise AI agent readiness through tool governance in Vertex AI Agent Builder and Provisioned Throughput for stable, high-concurrency deployments.

 

 

Omdia defines cloud infrastructure services as the sum of bare metal as a service (BMaaS), infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and container-as-a-service (CaaS) and serverless that are hosted by third-party providers and made available to users via the Internet.

 

 

ABOUT OMDIA

 

 

Omdia, part of TechTarget, Inc. d/b/a Informa TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT), is a technology research and advisory group. Our deep knowledge of tech markets grounded in real conversations with industry leaders and hundreds of thousands of data points, make our market intelligence our clients’ strategic advantage. From R&D to ROI, we identify the greatest opportunities and move the industry forward.

 

 

 

 

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Business Wire India

LTM, the Business Creativity partner to the world’s largest enterprises, has been recognized as a Leader in multiple quadrants in the ISG Provider Lens™ Oracle Cloud and Technology Ecosystem 2025 reports for both the United States and Europe by Information Services Group (ISG), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.

 

The ISG Provider Lens™ study evaluates leading Oracle ecosystem service providers across critical capability areas, including:

 

• Professional Services

• Managed Services

• OCI Solutions and Capabilities

 

LTM’s positioning as a Leader across key quadrants in both regions reflects its strong Oracle ecosystem expertise, AI-led transformation approach, and proven track record in delivering large-scale enterprise cloud modernization programs.

 

In its 2025 study, ISG highlights that the Oracle ecosystem is undergoing a fundamental shift toward AI-native architectures, multicloud-by-design strategies, and asset-based delivery models, with sovereignty and regulatory compliance emerging as key enterprise priorities, particularly in Europe. LTM’s investments in AI-powered accelerators, OCI modernization capabilities, and scalable managed services delivery contributed significantly to its leadership positioning.

 

Why LTM Stands Out:

 

• Comprehensive Oracle Cloud Expertise: LTM delivers advisory led, end-to-end consulting, implementation, integration, and managed services across Oracle Fusion Applications, OCI, and Oracle technology platforms, helping enterprises modernize core business processes at scale and drive measurable business outcomes.

• AI Driven Automation and Proprietary Accelerators: LTM differentiates through AI powered accelerators and automation frameworks, including Enclose, Infinity, Canvas, and Novigo, part of its BlueVerse AI ecosystem, enabling faster cloud adoption, streamlined migrations, and improved operational efficiency.

• OCI and Multicloud Innovation: Through solutions such as Cloud Boost, powered by the Infinity Platform, LTM simplifies OCI migration and modernization while supporting multicloud and hybrid architectures, including Oracle Database@Azure, for seamless operations across complex environments.

• Sovereign and Regulated Industry Readiness (Europe): In response to regulations such as NIS2 and DORA, LTM delivers secure, compliant, and sovereign ready architectures aligned with Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud, enabling regulated industries to modernize with confidence.

• Strong Oracle Ecosystem Credentials: With 20+ years in the Oracle ecosystem, a large pool of Oracle certified professionals, and multiple Oracle Expertise credentials, LTM delivers trusted, largescale transformation programs for global enterprises.

• Trusted strategic partnership with Oracle: With over two decades of collaboration, LTM maintains strong alignment with Oracle’s innovation roadmap, helping clients adopt next-generation solutions and accelerate enterprise transformation.

 

“LTM integrates an AI-first accelerator stack across strategy, build, and change to make Oracle programs predictable and data-driven. Its end-to-end delivery model reduces risk, shortens delivery cycles, and accelerates transformation across complex Oracle initiatives. This approach addresses Europe’s multimodule, localization, and governance requirements with greater consistency and control. While continued U.S. investments in delivery centers and a strong local field force further strengthen LTM’s leadership in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services,” said Heiko Henkes, Managing Director & Principal Analyst and sponsor of the ISG Provider Lens® Oracle Cloud and Technology Ecosystem, ISG.

 

“We are proud to be recognized by ISG as a Leader in the Oracle Cloud and Technology Ecosystem across both the US and Europe. Our focus on AI-led innovation, multicloud integration, and industry-specific transformation enables our clients to unlock measurable business value while building future-ready digital enterprises,” said Krishnan Iyer, Chief Growth Officer, LTM.

 

As enterprises increasingly shift toward AI-enabled, multicloud, and sovereignty-driven architectures, LTM continues to strengthen its Oracle capabilities to help clients modernize faster, optimize operations, and build resilient digital enterprises.

 

For more insights, read the ISG Provider Lens™ Oracle Cloud and Technology Ecosystem 2025 reports for the United States and Europe, here.

Business Wire India

Bureau Veritas, a global leader in Testing, Inspection, and Certification services (TIC), is pleased to announce the expansion of its geographical scope as an Approved Verifier under the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme. Additional offices in China, Japan, India, and France are now formally listed in the Climate Bonds Verifiers Directory.

 

This expansion builds on Bureau Veritas’ established role since the approval of its Brazilian office in 2020, further enhancing its ability to support issuers with high-quality, independent verification services across key markets.

 

 

“Our expanded presence as an Approved Verifier under the Climate Bonds Standard reinforces Bureau Veritas’ commitment to advancing credible, high‑integrity sustainable finance”, said Marc Roussel, Executive Vice President, Urbanization and Assurance at Bureau Veritas. “With verifier capabilities available across key markets, we continue to deliver local expertise with global assurance standards; boosting market confidence and directing capital to climate-aligned projects.“

 

 

Robust frameworks such as the Climate Bonds Standard play a crucial role in advancing the global sustainability transition and enabling large‑scale decarbonisation. With broader geographic coverage across Asia and Europe, Bureau Veritas is now better positioned to facilitate green and sustainable debt issuance, helping issuers demonstrate alignment with science-based criteria and strengthening investor confidence in labelled debt instruments.

 

 

“The addition of the local Bureau Veritas’ offices in China, Japan, India and France in the Climate Bonds Verifiers Directory reflects the continued strengthening of verification capacity across key markets with regional expertise and support”, said Marina Strovolidou, Head of Certification, Climate Bonds Initiative. “Expanding trusted, science-based verification coverage is essential to supporting issuers worldwide and maintaining the integrity of the Climate Bonds Certification framework.”

 

 

The Climate Bonds Verifiers Directory provides issuers and investors with a transparent, up-to-date list of organisations authorised to conduct verification under the Climate Bonds Standard, supporting the integrity and credibility of the global sustainable finance market.

 

 

This expansion reinforces the shared commitment of the Climate Bonds Initiative and Bureau Veritas to advance best practices in sustainable finance and accelerate capital flows toward climate-aligned projects. Leveraging its expertise in supporting sustainability transitions, Bureau Veritas integrates compliance, risk management, and transformation strategies to help organisations embed sustainability into their operations. The enhanced verifier capabilities strengthen this mission by providing trusted, independent assurance and reinforcing market integrity through science-based verification of green and sustainable debt instruments.

 

 

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About Bureau Veritas:

 

 

Bureau Veritas is a world leader in inspection, certification, and laboratory testing services with a powerful purpose: to shape a world of trust by ensuring responsible progress. With a vision to be the preferred partner for customers’ excellence and sustainability, the company innovates to help them navigate change.
Created in 1828, Bureau Veritas’ 82,000 employees deliver services in 140 countries. The company’s technical experts support customers to address challenges in quality, health and safety, environmental protection, and sustainability.
Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, SBF 120 indices and is part of the CAC SBT 1.5° index. Compartment A, ISIN code FR0006174348, stock symbol: BVI.

 

 

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