Visa

1673 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 21 Oct 2025

MasterCard forecasts death of static passwords with 3DS 2.0

MasterCard says a forthcoming wholesale upgrade of the 3DSecure protocol for authenticating online transactions will pave the way for the introduction of more secure biometric and token-based prompts and the ultimate eradication of static passwords.

US Bank brings Visa corporate payment service to Europe

U.S. Bank is expanding its card-based and cardless corporate payment solutions to Europe. In partnership with Visa, the bank will be the first in Europe to offer Visa Payables Automation, Visa’s paperless electronic payment service that replaces checks, eliminates tedious processing work and can improve an organization’s cash flow by extending credit by more than seven weeks. The bank will also begin offering corporate purchasing cards in Europe.

Visa and MasterCard bow to Canadian pressure for lower interchange fees

Visa and MasterCard have finally caved in to pressure from Canadian competition authorities and agreed to set a 1.5% ceiling on interchange rates in the country for the next five years.

Money20/20: Visa and Citi promise to open up to developers

Two of the world's biggest financial services firms, Visa and Citi, have promised to ditch their insular approach and open up their platforms to partners.

Visa to recruit 1000 technologists for new Bangalore development centre

Visa is to open a new technology centre in Bangalore, India, next year with the aim of recruiting 1000 staff to work on APIs and software development kits by 2017.

China to end UnionPay card clearing monopoly

China is finally preparing to put an end to China UnionPay's monopoly on clearing bank card transactions in a move that could open up a huge market to Visa and MasterCard.

Half of US POS terminals to accept chip cards by end of 2015

Nearly half of US merchant terminals will accept EMV chip card payments by the end of next year, according to a trade body set up to push the migration from magstripe plastic.

Visa and MasterCard face scrutiny by new UK watchdog

The UK government is planning to put supervision of MasterCard and Visa alongside the country's main interbank payment systems into the hands of a new Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), whose chief remit is to inject more competition into the country's payments industry.

Visa to bring card linked offers to Europe

Visa Europe is to move into the card linked offers business through a partnership with US-based Edo Interactive.

Visa Europe mobile director joins Apple

Visa Europe's director of mobile, Mary Carol Harris, has jumped ship to join Apple, where she will lead the firm's push into the mobile payments sector on the continent.

Visa creates 2000 full-time tech jobs

Visa is ramping up its tech investment, creating 2000 full-time technologist positions and opening a development centre in India.

Mobile contactless payments by the next generation

Four international students experience Visa mobile contactless payments in London, and report back to Visa. Watch how they get on and what they tell Visa Europe executives.