Visa

1666 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 02 Oct 2025

Black cabs make journey to contactless payments

Over 80 of London's iconic black taxi cabs are to be equipped with new contactless card terminals, enabling customers to pay their fare with a tap of the card.

Visa and MasterCard shares slide as Fed calls for debit card fees cut

Shares in Visa and MasterCard tumbled yesterday after the Federal Reserve Board proposed a 12 cent per transaction cap on debit card interchange fees.

Canadian competition watchdog targets Visa and MasterCard

Canada's Competition Bureau has taken aim at Visa and MasterCard, accusing the firms of "anti-competitive" credit card rules that hurt merchants and customers.

WikiLeaks: Visa.com latest Operation Payback victim

Visa.com has become the latest victim of a group of activists calling themselves Anonymous who have taken down the site as retaliation for the card company's decision to cut off payments to whistle-blowing outfit WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks: US lobbied Russia for MasterCard and Visa

US officials lobbied Russia this year on behalf of MasterCard and Visa over concerns that planned legislation for a national payment card system would "disadvantage" American businesses, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks.

Europe drops Visa antitrust probe after interchange agreement

The EC has abandoned antitrust charges against Visa Europe after reaching a settlement that will see multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) for debit card payments tumble.

WikiLeaks: Hackers humble MasterCard; IT firm threatens to sue Visa Europe

MasterCard's Web site is offline after a suspected attack from hackers in retaliation for the card company's decision to cut off payments to whistle-blowing outfit WikiLeaks. The attacks appear to have also hit the MasterCard SecureCode service, disrupting potentially millions of online transactions.

Visa and MasterCard cut off payments to WikiLeaks; Assange remanded in custody

The persecution of the WikiLeaks whistle-blowing Website continues, as founder Julian Assange is arrested by UK police and MasterCard and Visa join PayPal in cutting off donations to the operation.

Consult Hyperion pilots Visa CodeSure cards for government services access

Consult Hyperion is running a pilot that will see people use Visa's CodeSure payment card - which includes an integrated PIN pad to generate one-time-use security codes - to access government services.

Visa partners University College Dublin to combat cybercrime

Visa Europe has formed a partnership with the University College Dublin Centre for Cybercrime Investigation (UCD - CCI) that will see the pair look in to high-tech financial crime.

Cornèr Bank first in the world to issue Visa CodeSure cards

Cornèr Bank of Zurich is to be the the world's first issuer of the Visa CodeSure payment card, which includes an integrated PIN pad to generate one-time-use security code for secure online payments.

Gap taps Visa card transaction history for text message offers

Retailer Gap has launched a text message-based personalised marketing campaign that uses customers' Visa transaction history to identify suitable offers.