Visa

1678 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 06 Nov 2025

Paralympics: Charity hits out at Visa over ATM access for the blind

Olympics and Paralympics sponsor Visa has run into criticism for failing to provide on-site ATMs that are suitably equipped for blind and partially sighted people.

MPs call on Lloyds and RBS to scrap ATM access limits

MPs have called on Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland to remove their restrictions on customers with basic accounts using rivals' cash machines.

Komercni partners with Visa, Samsung and Telefonica for mobile payments

Visa Europe, Komerční banka, Telefónica and Samsung are inviting 2000 consumers in the Czech Republic to swap their SIM cards for an NFC-enabled payment card in a commercial test of contactless mobile shopping on the high street.

Visa preps encryption service

Visa is preparing to launch an encryption service designed to help merchants, acquirers and processors protect cardholder data.

Visa looks to Myanmar

Visa is working with banks in Myanmar to help build the country's electronic payments infrastructure as it opens up to the rest of the world.

Carphone Warehouse launches mobile checkout app

An estimated 3.5 million Carphone Warehouse customers will get a personal introduction to mobile payments from this month as staff at 800 stores help customers install and register SimplyTap - an instant mobile checkout app developed by The Mobile Money Network (MMN).

Google Wallet moves to the cloud to support all credit and debit cards

Google is bidding to breathe new life into its stuttering mobile wallet platform by launching a cloud-based version of the app that can be linked to Visa, American Express and Discover cards.

EC goes after Visa Europe on credit card interchange fees

The European Commission says Visa Europe's cross-border credit card interchange fees restrict competition between banks and infringe antitrust rules.

IZettle forced to stop accepting Visa payments in Denmark, Finland and Norway

Swedish start-up iZettle, which provides technology that turns mobile phones into payment terminals, has been forced to stop processing Visa card transactions in Denmark, Finland and Norway.

London 2012: Wembley forced to go cash-only after till failure

Visa's bid to make London 2012 the cashless Olympics has hit the buffers, with Wembley stadium forced to become cash-only during yesterday's football matches.

London 2012: The social media Games

With the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony just hours away, sponsors from the financial services world have been bombarding Facebook, Twitter and YouTube with promotional gimmicks in a bid to secure a return on their multi-million dollar investments.

Walmart opposes $7.25bn interchange settlement

Walmart has become the latest retailer to voice its opposition to a $7.25 billion class action settlement with Visa and MasterCard over credit card interchange fees.