Visa

1501 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 07 Aug 2024

Wal-Mart sues Visa over failure to mandate Chip and PIN

Visa's insistence that chip card holders in the US can continue to pay with a signature at the checkout has landed it in hot water with Wal-Mart, which is suing the card scheme over its failure to mandate the use of Chip and PIN payments.

1-in-5 in person Visa-processed card payments now contactless

Visa Europe has put out another batch of contactless payments metrics, showing that one-in-five in-person card transactions it processes are now tap and pay.

Canadian banks sign on for Apple Pay

Apple has finally struck deals with Canada's banks to bring its mobile payments services to the country's Visa, MasterCard and Interac cardholders.

Visa and Gemalto to equip Eurovision song contest with contactless wristbands

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is collaborating with Visa, one of the world’s largest payment providers, to equip visitors at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest with contactless payment wristbands.

Seven startups to compete in Visa & AIBIM’s Asean Fintech Challenge

A total of seven fintech startups will compete in the semifinals of the Visa and the Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM)’s ASEAN Fintech Challenge, held in conjunction with the Global Islamic Finance Forum 2016 (GIFF 5.0) from 10th to 12th May in Kuala Lumpur.

Chain gets heavyweight backing for open blockchain standard

Chain, Inc., a leading provider of blockchain technology, today announced the public release of Chain Open Standard 1 (Chain OS 1), an open source blockchain protocol developed over the last 18 months through a unique collaboration between the Silicon Valley company and global financial services firms.

Visa invites startups to join commerce challenge

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today invited start-ups to compete in the company’s second annual The Everywhere Initiative.

Visa opens first Asian innovation centre

Visa has opened its first purpose-built innovation centre in Asia-Pacific, using the Singapore destination as the springboard for the advance of next-generation payment technologies across the region.

Persistent authentication important for wearables

Mike Philpotts, Innovation Partner – Authentication, Visa Collab, outlines what’s going on in the world of wearables and where they fit into the world of payments.

Visa to big up digital payments at Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Visa (NYSE:V) today celebrated the 100 day milestone to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In its 30th year as the exclusive payment provider of the Olympic Games, Visa is creating and managing the entire payment system infrastructure and network throughout all venues including stadiums, press centers, point-of-sale (POS), the Olympic Village and Olympic Superstores.

Wirecard becomes first non-financial institution to issue Visa prepaid cards in Singapore

Wirecard Singapore Pte Ltd, a Wirecard Group company, has been approved as a Principal Member of Visa Inc. as the first non-Financial Institution members in Singapore.

Visa Inc amends Visa Europe deal to appease EC

Following feedback from the European Commission, Visa Inc has tweaked the terms of its acquisition of Visa Europe, scrapping a planned earn-out in exchange for an extra EUR1.75 billion in cash.