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China opens up to Visa and MasterCard

China is finally preparing to open up its huge payments card market to foreign firms such as Visa and MasterCard.

09 June 2016

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Visa launches issuer-branded digital commerce app

Visa has signed up more than 40 financial institutions to its new issuer-branded digital commerce app, which lets firms offer their customers a host of card management services.

07 June 2016

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Retailers flag PCI anti-trust concerns with FTC

US retailers are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the activities of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council ahead of a possible move by the watchdog to adopt the Council's PCI DSS protocols as an example of best industry practice.

03 June 2016

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Visa Inc gets green light from EC for Visa Europe acquisition

Visa Inc is expected to seal its takeover of Visa Europe by the end of the month, after getting full regulatory approval from the European Commission.

03 June 2016

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Visa brings contactless rings to Rio Olympic Games

Olympic and Paralympic Games sponsor Visa is handing out NFC-enabled rings to favoured athletes competing in Rio this summer, enabling them to make payments around the city with a tap of the finger.

03 June 2016

Company announcement

Visa Europe contactless transactions pass 3 billion per year mark

Last July we celebrated a major milestone for contactless technology: surpassing 1 billion “touch to pay” transactions made in a 12-month period for the first time.

26 May 2016

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Eurobank Poland launches HCE-based mobile payments

Eurobank Poland is looking to capitalise on the nation's love affair with contactless payments by launching an Android-based mobile payments service.

25 May 2016

Company announcement

Visa opens innovation centre in Dubai

Visa (NYSE:V), a global payments technology company, today opened its innovation center in Dubai Internet City (DIC), the region’s largest information and communications technology community.

23 May 2016

Company announcement

Inside Secure integrates Visa’s token services for HCE mobile payments

Inside Secure (Paris:INSD), a leader in software security solutions for mobile and connected devices, today announced that financial institutions can now select INSIDE Secure’s MatrixHCE, a VisaReady, approved mobile banking and payment solution, to easily and confidently roll out mobile wallet applications within a few weeks.

23 May 2016

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Android Pay launches in the UK

Google's Android Pay has launched in the UK, enabling millions of Brits to make contactless instore and in-app payments with their handsets.

18 May 2016

Company announcement

Ugo Wallet extends mobile payments to more devices with Visa tokenisation

Ugo Mobile Solutions L.P (UGO) today announced the launch of its Host Card Emulation (HCE) solution and the adoption of Visa's global standard tokenisation technology for the Ugo Wallet app for Android.

17 May 2016

Company announcement

Money-changing app, Curren$eek, wins the Asean Fintech Challenge

Curren$eek, a smartphone app that tells users where to find the best money-changer rates, won the Visa and Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM)’s Asean Fintech Challenge in a tightly-fought contest for financial technology start-ups.

11 May 2016