Visa signs new merchants to Checkout

John Kavanagh
Visa has signed several new Australian merchants to Visa Checkout, its online payment service, as part of an expansion of the service that has seen more than 30 merchants sign up around the world in the past couple of months.

New Australian merchants offering Visa Checkout include Event Cinemas, Village Cinemas, Hoyts, Moshtix, The Roses Only Group and Ticketek.

Visa Checkout allows consumers to store their payment and address details with Visa, so they don't have to re-enter the details when shopping online. They can link any payment card (not just Visa cards) for use with the service.

Visa claims a higher conversion rate for consumers enrolled with Visa Checkout than for consumers using PayPal.