Visa and ISG add passkey payment authentication for five Indian issuers

# Visa and ISG add passkey payment authentication for five Indian issuers

> Evidence tier: B2
> Evidence type: NewsVoir company announcement syndicated by ANI and discovered through Glenbrook Payments News, with direct Visa and ISG statements
> Source: [Glenbrook Payments News](https://www.aninews.in/news/business/visa-and-isg-launches-visa-payment-passkey-to-enable-passwordless-secure-digital-payments-at-gff-202620260918153921)
> Published: 2026-09-18
> Captured: 2026-09-18T13:08:58.608Z

## Source summary

A NewsVoir company announcement syndicated by ANI says Visa and In-Solutions Global added Visa Payment Passkey support to ISG's issuing and acquiring platform. The FIDO- and WebAuthn-based capability lets cardholders use device biometrics or a device PIN instead of an SMS one-time password for online and in-app card-not-present transactions. The announcement names Union Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Indian Overseas Bank and Indian Bank as participating issuers, while saying capabilities are live or in confirmed delivery and fuller rollout details will follow.

## Why it matters

Embedding passkey support in a processor's existing authentication stack gives named issuers a route away from OTP friction without rebuilding the whole checkout flow. This is a company-supplied announcement, not independent reporting, and Visa had already launched Payment Passkey in India with IDFC FIRST Bank in July; the new fact is ISG integration and the five named issuers, not the invention or first Indian launch of the product. The release does not identify which issuer is already live, user or merchant coverage, transaction volume, pricing, fraud reduction, authorization uplift or an independently measured outcome.

## Key numbers

- **Named participating issuers:** 5

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Payment infrastructure
- Entities: Visa / In-Solutions Global
- Payment infrastructure
- AI-native finance
- Company intelligence

## Evidence and credibility note

Company-supplied NewsVoir announcement syndicated by ANI, with direct Visa and ISG statements and five named issuers. Visa's July primary release confirms the product was already live in India with IDFC FIRST Bank; issuer-by-issuer rollout and operating outcomes for the ISG integration are not disclosed.

Date evidence: ANI metadata records 2026-09-18T10:09:21.804Z and the NewsVoir-supplied release is dated September 18, 2026

## First-party corroboration

- [https://www.visa.co.in/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases/visa-launches-payment-passkey-in-india-reducing-friction-in-digital-payments.html](/en/items/https://www.visa.co.in/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases/visa-launches-payment-passkey-in-india-reducing-friction-in-digital-payments.html)

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original Glenbrook Payments News report](https://www.aninews.in/news/business/visa-and-isg-launches-visa-payment-passkey-to-enable-passwordless-secure-digital-payments-at-gff-202620260918153921)

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