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Visa and Mastercard strike wallet tokenisation deal

Bitter rivals Visa and Mastercard have struck a deal that lets each firm's digital wallet service request the other's tokenised payment credentials.

15 December 2016

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Visa to run fintech bootcamp for African startups

Visa is collaborating with Hong Kong-based VC firm and incubator Nest to run a four-day fintech bootcamp in Nairobi for innovative startups in Africa.

08 December 2016

Company announcement

Visa hosts Dubai digital payments hackathon

Visa (NYSE:V), a global payments technology company, hosted a two day ‘Digital Payments Hackathon’ in partnership with Dubai Internet City during the 2016 UAE Innovation Week.

05 December 2016

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Visa to acquire Cardinal Commerce

Visa has agreed to buy e-commerce authentication firm Cardinal Commerce to beef up security in card-not-present channels whether through a browser, mobile app, or connected device.

02 December 2016

Company announcement

Cash is ghost of Christmas past - Visa

Visa (NYSE: V) today announced shoppers in the UK spent more than £2Bn on Visa cards on the day that has come to signify the kick-off of the Christmas retail season, with nearly half of that spend occurring online.

29 November 2016

Company announcement

Visa tweaks debit routing policies

Visa (NYSE:V) today modified and clarified existing debit network routing rules to help merchants and acquirers better understand implementation options related to the adoption of EMV chip technology in the U.S.

22 November 2016

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Visa slams European plans for stronger online transaction authentication rules

Visa has lashed out at European Banking Authority (EBA) plans to toughen up authentication rules for online transactions over EUR10, claiming that they will lead to more declined transactions, complicated checkouts and abandoned purchases.

22 November 2016

Company announcement

Merchants demand answers from Visa on response to Fed intervention in payments routing

Today, merchant associations representing tens of thousands of U.S. merchants sent a letter to Visa CEO Charles W. Scharf and CEO-Designate Al Kelly in response to a declaration by the Federal Reserve that the technical specifications and rules provided to merchants as part of the EMV migration violate federal law.

17 November 2016

Company announcement

NRF accuses Visa of breaking the law in steering debit card transactions to its own network

The National Retail Federation today called on Visa to stop using new EMV technology to steer debit card transactions to its own processing network, a practice the Federal Reserve says violates merchants’ legal right to competition over who will process the transactions.

16 November 2016

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Visa looks to kill passwords with multiple biometric authentication options

Visa is stepping up its efforts to kill off the password, teaming up with BioConnect to bring multiple biometric authentication options to a single app.

14 November 2016

Company announcement

Visa Europe Collab founder Steve Perry joins MyPinpad board

In a significant move, MYPINPAD, an enabler of multi-factor authentication for unsecured touchscreen devices such as mobile phones and tablets, is proud to announce that renowned payments pioneer, Dr Steve Perry, has joined the Company’s Board as a Non-Executive Director.

07 November 2016

Company announcement

Visa opens tokenisation services to third party partners

Today Visa (NYSE:V), announced it is accelerating the adoption of secure, digital payments by allowing third party partners to offer Visa Token Service (VTS).

25 October 2016