1502 results about this entity
Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 13 Aug 2024
News
Cardholder take-up of the MasterCard SecureCode and Verified by Visa online authentication services has increased by 600% over the past two years, according to stats from UK payments group Apacs.
22 September 2008
UK bank Alliance & Leicester (A&L) has partnered payments vendor Indigosolutions to launch a pre-paid foreign currency card with SMS top-ups for holidaymakers.
17 September 2008
Banks across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are sending customers text messages urging them to change their PIN numbers following a surge in fraudulent ATM withdrawals made abroad.
11 September 2008
Canada's national payments association Interac is in talks with the country's competition bureau over plans to become a for-profit organisation, according to local newspaper the Globe and Mail.
08 September 2008
EU authorities have called on banks to push ahead with plans to introduce a pan-European direct debit payments system, even if interchange fees are initially charged for cross-border transactions.
04 September 2008
Card network Visa is continuing its aggressive push into mobile payments by embarking on projects with banks and telcos in Brazil and South Korea.
03 September 2008
A pilot scheme that allows Londoners to use their mobile phones to pay for tube journeys and make small value purchases has been hailed as a success, with the majority of participants saying they are happy using the contactless system.
02 September 2008
Chase Bank is teaming with Visa on a consumer pilot that will enable its credit and debit cardholders to receive merchant offers and discounts via SMS text message.
21 August 2008
Card network Visa is teaming with eight North American banks to pilot an automated alerting system that will notify cardholders of transaction activity via SMS text message and e-mail.
19 August 2008
Visa says international tourists visiting Beijing for the Olympics spent nearly US$10 million on Visa credit, debit and pre-paid cards on the opening day of the Games.
11 August 2008
PayPal has launched a reloadable pre-paid Visa card for the UK market that can be used to pay for purchases in traditional retail stores as well as via the Internet.
01 August 2008
Shares in MasterCard slumped after the card network posted a $747 million loss for the second quarter due to a $1 billion charge relating to its antitrust settlement with American Express.
31 July 2008
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