Contactless payments have reached a critical inflexion point, says Visa Europe, with more than 19 million transactions conducted across Europe in March.
Marc O'brien, Visa Europe, MD UK & Ireland and Shashi Verma, director of customer experience at Transport for London discuss what the arrival of contactless cards means for metropolitan transport in part one of this Finextra video.
Marc O'brien, Visa Europe, MD UK & Ireland and Shashi Verma, director of customer experience at Transport for London discuss one million contactless bus journeys for London in part two of this Finextra video.
Visa Europe has pledged to significantly cut its interbank fees for cross-border credit card payments and reform its rules following an anti-trust investigation by the European Commission.
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced a processing enhancement for Visa Offers, a solution that enables Visa issuers, acquirers and merchants of all sizes to deliver targeted rewards to Visa cardholders.
Around one in seven card payments of under £20 are now contactless at UK retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S), which is processing more than 230,000 tap and pay transactions every week.
Visa (NYSE:V) today announced financial results for the Company's fiscal second quarter 2013 ended March 31, 2013.
Iceland's Supreme Court has ordered local card acquiring outfit Valitor to start processing payments for whistleblowing Web site WikiLeaks within 15 days or face daily fines of nearly $7000.
Airline Virgin Australia has teamed up with Visa to add a pre-paid travel money card that can be loaded with multiple currencies to its frequent flyer membership scheme.
WorldPay US, a leading payments acquirer, is pleased to announce it has successfully completed Visa EMV acquirer testing, a key milestone in preparing business owners to accept "chip" cards encrypted with the EuroPay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) standard.
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