Visa

1666 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 02 Oct 2025

Senate vote paves the way for US interchange reform

US lawmakers have rejected a bill to delay the introduction of interchange fee caps on debit card payments, putting the skids under shares in Visa and Mastercard.

Visa predicts 20 million UK contactless cards by end of year

The number of Visa contactless cards in use in the UK is expected to reach 20 million by the end of 2011, boosted by the roll out of NFC terminals at major outlets like McDonald's.

O2 contracts suppliers for mobile wallet launch

UK wireless carrier O2 has contracted with Wave Crest, FIS, Intelligent Environments and Visa Europe to deliver the payments and processing systems for the launch of a full-scale commercial mobile wallet service in the 'second half of 2011'.

Lloyds joins Visa and Samsung on 2012 Olympics m-payments

Lloyds TSB has joined fellow official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sponsors Visa and Samsung on their special Games contactless mobile payments handset.

Industry heavyweights launch FreeMonee 'gift network'

A group of veterans from the banking, retail and e-commerce worlds have launched a "cash-gift network" that lets firms send monetary incentives straight to customers' credit and debit cards.

Visa preps digital wallet

Visa's assault on the online and mobile commerce markets is gathering momentum, with a digital wallet coming to customers in the US and Canada this autumn.

Following VeriFone spat and Visa investment, Square adds encryption

After a high-profile spat with rival VeriFone over its security credentials, mobile payments start-up Square is set to roll out new, encryption-capable, hardware.

Visa invests in Square

Visa has backed Square, investing an unspecified amount in the mobile payments start-up founded by Twitter's Jack Dorsey.

Wells Fargo pilots EMV tech for international travellers

US bank Wells Fargo has moved to address the problems faced by customers when they travel abroad by piloting Visa cards that includes EMV chip technology as well as mag-stripes.

Visa Europe promises EUR100m a year on mobile and e-commerce

Visa Europe has vowed to pump EUR100 million a year into mobile and e-commerce in a bid to ensure it stays at the top of a rapidly changing payments tree.

Visa and Samsung bring NFC m-payments to London Olympics

Official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sponsors Visa and Samsung are teaming on a special Games mobile handset that can be used to make contactless payments.

O2 rolls out P2P payment apps

Wireless network operator O2 has launched Apple and Android applications that enable Irish customers to transfer funds to each other.