Form3 will provide Visa’s clients with access to its payments platform. The partnership also aims to reduce high levels of fraud in real-time account-to-account payments, including by building on Form3’s single API connectivity. Michael Mueller, CEO, Form3, says: “We are delighted with this unique partnership we have built in collaboration with Visa which enables us together to continue to offer best-in-class services for the world’s most established banks and financial institutions.” Jack Forestell, chief product and strategy officer, Visa, adds: “A2A payments continue to grow in key segments and markets and Visa and Form3’s partnership will look to offer modern cloud-native access to real-time payment infrastructures.” Visa joins a long list of blue-chip investors in Form3, which has raised more than $200 million from the likes of Goldman Sachs, Nationwide Building Society, Lloyds Bank, Barclays and Mastercard.