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Visa Europe Collab gets retail startup insight through TrueStart

UK-based retail accelerator TrueStart has forged a strategic alliance with Visa Europe Collab to steer startups with cross-over potential to the card scheme's innovation hub for advice and mentoring.

17 June 2015

Company announcement

Visa elects Lloyd Carney independent director

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Lloyd A. Carney as a new independent director, effective June 11, 2015. Mr. Carney will also serve as a member of the Board’s Audit and Risk Committee.

12 June 2015

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Visa crowdsources ideas for tourist app

Visa is harnessing the power of crowdsourcing for an app that helps tourists find destinations that are off the beaten track.

12 June 2015

Company announcement

Visa amends rules to help airline industry fight CNP fraud

Visa Inc. announced at a recent meeting of the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC)-sponsored Credit Card Working Group (CCWG) that effective October 2015 it will accept airline-supplied flight manifests as a remedy for fraud payment card chargebacks.

09 June 2015

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More UK banks to roll out Visa online wallet

Visa has signed four of the UK's largest banking brands for the full-scale commercial roll out of its V.me digital wallet for online shopping.

05 June 2015

Company announcement

Visa Europe Collab and The Accelerator Network startup competition opens for entries

Visa Europe Collab, Visa Europe’s international innovation hub, today opens the call for entries for a new competition, developed in partnership with The Accelerator Network, for advanced stage startups and entrepreneurs.

04 June 2015

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Visa Europe says mobile payments will go mainstream within the next year

Smart devices are on track to replace cash and cards as UK mobile payments are projected to hit over £1.2bn a week by 2020, according to research by Visa Europe.

04 June 2015

Company announcement

Visa and FireEye join forces in fight against fraud

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) and FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ:FEYE) today announced their intention to co-develop tools and services to help merchants and issuers protect against advanced cyber attacks targeting payment data.

04 June 2015

Company announcement

Verifone to connect POS gateway to Visa merchant platform

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), and Verifone (PAY), a leader in point of sale payments, today announced a partnership that will enable merchants to offer their customers a more streamlined, secure purchase experience across digital and face-to-face commerce environments, often referred to as omni-channel commerce.

03 June 2015

Company announcement

Visa bids to streamline integration between mobile tech companies and banks

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced a new program that connects financial institutions and technology companies to simplify and accelerate the roll-out of new payment and commerce services.

29 May 2015

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Google unveils Android Pay

Having seen its Wallet service fail to take off, Google is aiming another shot at the fast-growing mobile payments market with the launch of Android Pay.

28 May 2015

Company announcement

Mashreq introduces Visa Checkout

The UAE’s leading financial institution, Mashreq, today became the first bank in the Central Europe, Middle East and Africa region to launch Visa Checkout, a new digital payment service offered to all Mashreq credit and debit cardholders that makes online purchases simpler, faster and safer.

28 May 2015