Visa

1661 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 16 Sep 2025

Apply Cancel
Visa to roll out mobile payments service in Nigeria

Visa to roll out mobile payments service in Nigeria

Visa says it is in "advanced discussions" with leading Nigerian banks over the launch of its QR-code based mobile payment service mVisa before the year's end.

Team GB gets in shape for wearable payments

Team GB gets in shape for wearable payments

Visa is to equip all 366 British athletes, as well as 150 support crew, with a Team GB-branded Payment Band for making tap-and go purchases during the Olympics.

Bitcoin and blockchain pose little risk to payments giants - Credit Suisse

Bitcoin and blockchain pose little risk to payments giants - Credit Suisse

Visa, MasterCard, WorldPay and others in the payments sector can relax: Bitcoin will remain a niche player and blockchain technology poses little risk, according to a new report from Credit Suisse, which has less comforting news for Swift.

Visa launches financial education programme for Olympic athletes

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced a global financial education program at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games that will help Olympic athletes take control of their financial futures.

Visa reports first 'Quick Chip' deployment

Earlier this year, Visa announced Quick Chip, a technology enhancement that optimizes EMV®[1] chip card processing to not only speed up checkout times, but also significantly streamline chip implementation.

ClearXchange P2P payments network expands through Visa and MasterCard deals

ClearXchange P2P payments network expands through Visa and MasterCard deals

Early Warning, the American bank-owned operator of the clearXchange P2P payments network, has struck deals with Visa and MasterCard that paves the way for debit card-based transactions on the platform.

Visa to open new Silicon Valley office

Visa to open new Silicon Valley office

Visa is set to open a huge new Silicon Valley office that will house 300 staffers working on technology research, business intelligence, data security and merchant solutions.

UnionPay takes top spot from Visa in $22 trillion global cards market - RBR

Having been the largest scheme worldwide for card numbers since 2010, UnionPay overtook Visa to also become the largest by value of card payments in 2015

MasterCard to apply for China payments licence - Reuters

MasterCard to apply for China payments licence - Reuters

MasterCard is considering an application to become a licenced payment services provider in China, according to Reuters.

Visa reports Q3 profit dip; preps $5bn share repurchase programme

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced financial results for the Company’s fiscal third quarter 2016, ended June 30, 2016. GAAP net income for the quarter, inclusive of special items related to the acquisition of Visa Europe, was $412 million, a decrease of 76% over the prior year’s results, or $0.17 per share, a decrease of 75% nominally over the prior year’s results, primarily due to the impact of the Visa Europe-related special items noted below.

Rivals Visa and PayPal set out on 'new path'

Rivals Visa and PayPal set out on 'new path'

PayPal has agreed to make it easier for customers to pay with their Visa cards in exchange for long-term "fee certainty" from the card scheme.

Visa onboard for Apple Pay's Hong Kong debut

Visa, a leading global payments technology company, announced that starting from today eligible Visa cardholders in Hong Kong will be able to use Apple Pay and begin to make purchases at selected merchants.

Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.

Please read our Privacy Policy.

Accept