Payments company Novatti has launched a Visa issuing business, working in partnership with European payments processor Decta.In November last year, Visa awarded Novatti a principal issuer licence, enabling it to issue physical and digital Visa cards.Decta will provide payments processing support, anti-fraud services and pre-paid card management.Novatti said in a statement that it had already signed up its first customer. United Currency Exchange is a foreign exchange dealer that plans to issue up to 30,000 Visa cards.Novatti plans to develop the business throughout the Asia Pacific region.