Visa

1502 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 13 Aug 2024

Tsys power outage hits Canadian Visa cardholders

A power outage at payments processor Tsys caused Visa's network in Canada to go down Monday, leaving customers throughout the country unable to use their cards.

Anonymous members jailed over cyber attacks

A British student has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for his part in a series of DDoS attacks carried out by the Anonymous collective against major firms, including PayPal.

With online spending soaring, Visa Europe targets mobile in 2013

Following the dramatic rise of e-commerce, which now accounts for 20% of all spending on its cards, Visa Europe is turning its attention to the mobile phone, predicting that a third of Europeans will be using its V.me digital wallet by 2020.

US Bank pilots NFC iPhone case

US Bank has chosen Salt Lake City and Portland as test sites for an iPhone case that turns the handset into a contactless payments device.

New free press foundation helps WikiLeaks to subvert banking blockade

A new foundation dedicated to promoting media transparency and fighting censorship is to support WikiLeaks in its efforts to subvert a two-year block on payments by Visa and MasterCard.

Visa and banks tap India's biometric ID system for new account

Visa and a group of Indian banks are tapping the country's biometrics-based national identity system to bring financial services and electronic payments to tens of millions of people.

Bank cards on buses will save Londoners time and money - MasterCard

As Londoners begin paying for bus journeys using their contactless bank cards this week, MasterCard claims that by ditching their Oyster cards commuters could save a day's worth of queuing every year.

Visa president Partridge retires

Visa president John Partridge, who heads up the card giant's technology, emerging product, processing and client services functions, is set to leave in the New Year.

Student convicted over Anonymous PayPal attack

A British student has been convicted for his part in a series of DDoS attacks carried out by the Anonymous collective against major firms, including PayPal.

RBS becomes first UK bank to back Visa V.me wallet

The Royal Bank of Scotland has become the UK's first financial institution to begin trialling Visa's V.me digital wallet.

European Commission says WikiLeaks blockade does not break anti-trust rules

The European Commission is unlikely to take action against Visa and MasterCard over their refusal to process payments for WikiLeaks after determining that the blockade does not violate EU anti-trust rules.

PayPal puts £3.5 million price tag on Anonymous attacks

PayPal says attacks on its Web site by the Anonymous group of Internet hacktivists cost it £3.5 million as it scrambled to bring in extra staff and new hardware to keep its operation running.