Visa

1665 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 30 Sep 2025

US retailers reach $7.25 billion interchange settlement with card schemes and banks

US retailers have reached a $7.25 billion class action settlement with Visa, MasterCard and nine major credit card issuers, ending a seven-year legal dispute over interchange fees.

WikiLeaks claims banking blockade court victory

An Icelandic court has ordered local card acquiring outfit Valitor to reopen a gateway to WikiLeaks, giving the whistleblowing Web site its first victory against the banking blockade that has choked off its money supply for over a year.

Telefónica and Visa Europe form mobile money partnership

Telefónica and Visa Europe have formed a partnership that will see the pair co-invest in a range of mobile money products and services.

NatWest to trial contactless NFC payments on the iPhone

The UK's NatWest Bank is to begin a four-month pilot trial of contactless mobile payments on the high street with 1000 customers.

AmEx jumps aboard US EMV train

Following in the footsteps of Visa, MasterCard and Discover, American Express has set out a timetable for its US abandonment of mag-stripe cards in favour of EMV chip technology.

Hacktivist claims to dump Visa and MasterCard customer info

A self-described 'hacktivist' has leaked what he claims is the personal information, including names and addresses, of Visa and MasterCard customers.

Visa runs into criticism over Olympic ATM plans

Visa has run into hot water again over its controversial Olympics sponsorship deal after it emerged that the card scheme has insisted on replacing 27 ATMS at various Olympic sites with just eight of its own machines.

Flagging contactless gets a boost from UK Post Office

The UK Post Office is to roll out contactless payment terminals across 30,000 counter positions in its national network of over 11,500 branches, in a move which exponents of the technology hope will help to boost awareness among a reluctant populace.

Payments trends and 'big data'

Adam Bank, CTO of Visa Europe discusses the social and technological trends influencing innovation in payments.

HSBC moves to contactless as standard on all UK-issued debit cards

HSBC is to join Barclays Bank by introducing contactless technology as a standard feature on all new debit cards in circulation.

Canada opens inquisition into card fees

Canadian anti-trust chiefs have fired the opening salvos in a Competition Tribunal hearing into the fees imposed on retailers by Visa and MasterCard.

Global Payments taken off PCI lists over data breach

Global Payments has confirmed that "some card brands" have removed it from their lists of PCI compliant processors over a data breach affecting up to 1.5 million people.