Visa

1673 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 21 Oct 2025

AmEx jumps aboard US EMV train

Following in the footsteps of Visa, MasterCard and Discover, American Express has set out a timetable for its US abandonment of mag-stripe cards in favour of EMV chip technology.

Hacktivist claims to dump Visa and MasterCard customer info

A self-described 'hacktivist' has leaked what he claims is the personal information, including names and addresses, of Visa and MasterCard customers.

Visa runs into criticism over Olympic ATM plans

Visa has run into hot water again over its controversial Olympics sponsorship deal after it emerged that the card scheme has insisted on replacing 27 ATMS at various Olympic sites with just eight of its own machines.

Flagging contactless gets a boost from UK Post Office

The UK Post Office is to roll out contactless payment terminals across 30,000 counter positions in its national network of over 11,500 branches, in a move which exponents of the technology hope will help to boost awareness among a reluctant populace.

Payments trends and 'big data'

Adam Bank, CTO of Visa Europe discusses the social and technological trends influencing innovation in payments.

HSBC moves to contactless as standard on all UK-issued debit cards

HSBC is to join Barclays Bank by introducing contactless technology as a standard feature on all new debit cards in circulation.

Canada opens inquisition into card fees

Canadian anti-trust chiefs have fired the opening salvos in a Competition Tribunal hearing into the fees imposed on retailers by Visa and MasterCard.

Global Payments taken off PCI lists over data breach

Global Payments has confirmed that "some card brands" have removed it from their lists of PCI compliant processors over a data breach affecting up to 1.5 million people.

Visa Europe preps V.me digital wallet for autumn launch

Visa Europe says it will launch its V.me digital wallet to an initial group of users in the UK, Spain and France this autumn.

UK wireless operator O2 launches mobile wallet

UK wireless operator O2 has launched its long-awaited mobile wallet under an interim e-money license from IDT Financial Services.

Austrian telco to extend NFC payments programme to the high street point-of-sale

Telekom Austria is to extend its established paybox NFC scheme for parking and transit payments to the merchant point-of-sale.

MasterCard moves in on daily deals market

MasterCard is moving in on the daily deals market through an initial partnership with deal aggregation and syndication outfit Local Offer Network.