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Visa Alias Directory

Visa Alias Directory Service is built to help simplify payments, improve the user experience, and protect sensitive payment credential information by using Aliases._Alias Directory offers capabilities for clients to link Aliases, such as mobile numbers or email addresses, to payment credentials such as cards or bank accounts. Clients can manage the lifecycle of an Alias and resolve an Alias to receive the associated payment credential.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: visa:visa-alias-directory
name: Visa Alias Directory
tags: []
humanURL: https://developer.visa.com/capabilities/alias-directory-service
properties: []
description: Visa Alias Directory Service is built to help simplify payments, improve the user experience,
  and protect sensitive payment credential information by using Aliases._Alias Directory offers capabilities
  for clients to link Aliases, such as mobile numbers or email addresses, to payment credentials such
  as cards or bank accounts. Clients can manage the lifecycle of an Alias and resolve an Alias to receive
  the associated payment credential.