Visa

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Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 13 Aug 2025

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Europeans keen to secure payments with biometrics

Europeans keen to secure payments with biometrics

More than two thirds of Europeans want to use biometrics as a method of payment authentication, with convenience and security the main reason for its popularity, a Visa survey shows.

Visa bids to make Rio the wearable Games

Visa bids to make Rio the wearable Games

Visa is using the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio to push wearable payments into the mainstream, unveiling contactless watches, bracelets and rings.

Apple Pay arrives in Switzerland

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced today that around 1 million Visa cardholders in Switzerland now have access to the newly launched Apple Pay – giving users an easy, secure and private way to pay.

Merchants score victory over Visa and MasterCard as court tosses $7.25bn interchange settlement

Merchants score victory over Visa and MasterCard as court tosses $7.25bn interchange settlement

In a win for merchants, a US federal appeals court has killed off a $7.25 billion class action settlement over interchange fees between millions of retailers and Visa and MasterCard.

Visa sues Walmart over Chip and PIN policy

Visa sues Walmart over Chip and PIN policy

The strained relationship between Visa and Walmart is reaching breaking point as the card scheme files a lawsuit against the supermarket chain for allegedly reneging on an agreement to allow the use of signature verification alongside Chip and PIN for transactions at the till.

Brexit: Visa could move jobs to continent, LSE-Deutsche Bourse London HQ at risk

Brexit: Visa could move jobs to continent, LSE-Deutsche Bourse London HQ at risk

The Brexit fallout continues, with concerns rising that Visa might move hundreds of jobs out of the UK, the London Stock Exchange's merger with Deutsche Bourse could be hampered, and the City's role running euro clearing is under threat.

US supermarket chain Kroger sues Visa over PIN transactions

US supermarket chain Kroger sues Visa over PIN transactions

US supermarket chain Kroger has filed a lawsuit against Visa over a disagreement about using PINs to verify EMV debit card transactions, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Microsoft brings contactless payments to Windows 10 phones

Microsoft brings contactless payments to Windows 10 phones

Following the lead of Apple, Google and Samsung, Microsoft is bringing contactless payments to Windows 10 mobile phones.

Visa Inc seals buy out of European business

Visa Inc seals buy out of European business

Visa Inc has completed its acquisition of Visa Europe, creating a combined global company serving 17,100 financial institutions and partners, more than 40 million merchant outlets, and 3 billion card accounts worldwide.

Home Depot suit accuses card schemes of putting profits ahead of security in EMV roll out

Home Depot suit accuses card schemes of putting profits ahead of security in EMV roll out

Home Depot, the US retail chain that saw 56 million accounts hacked in 2014, is suing Visa and MasterCard over their failure to mandate more secure Chip and PIN technology at the checkout during the country's migration to EMV-based payments.

Visa moves to ease EMV chip migration hurdles

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced a series of initiatives to help accelerate EMV chip migration for merchants. Visa has streamlined its testing requirements, amended and simplified the terminal certification process, and committed to investing further resources and technical expertise in a manner that can reduce timeframes by as much as 50 percent.

Visa certifies Worldline for cloud-based payments

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payment and transactional services industry, has become the first player to be end-to-end Visa-certified to run in-house its Cloud-based Payments solution.

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