Visa

1502 results about this entity

Period: 26 Feb 2008 - 13 Aug 2024

M&S customers embrace contactless payments

Around one in seven card payments of under £20 are now contactless at UK retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S), which is processing more than 230,000 tap and pay transactions every week.

Icelandic court orders Valitor to process WikiLeaks donations

Iceland's Supreme Court has ordered local card acquiring outfit Valitor to start processing payments for whistleblowing Web site WikiLeaks within 15 days or face daily fines of nearly $7000.

Virgin Australia unveils pre-paid travel money card

Airline Virgin Australia has teamed up with Visa to add a pre-paid travel money card that can be loaded with multiple currencies to its frequent flyer membership scheme.

Visa Europe unveils multi-currency mobile P2P payments service

Visa Europe has beefed up its mobile payments service with the addition of features which let customers send money from their phone to any Visa cardholder on the continent, in any currency.

Digital wallet fee on PayPal 'appropriate' - Visa CEO

Visa chief executive Charlie Scharf has indicated that he will follow the lead of rival MasterCard and introduce a 'digital wallet' fee on firms such as PayPal.

US debit networks back Discover application for common chip spec

Discover has won the support of ten debit networks to provide a common debit application identifier for the US migration to EMV Chip and PIN.

European banks contemplating sale of Visa Europe - WSJ

European banks are considering cutting their ties with Visa Europe to set up an alternative bankcard scheme, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

EBay shares slide as MasterCard threatens PayPal with new fees

Shares in eBay fell to a 2013 low yesterday amidst concerns that the online auction house's PayPal unit could be hit by MasterCard's plan to introduce a new 'digital wallet' fee.

RBS launches mobile number-based P2P payments service

Following in the footsteps of rival Barclays, RBS and NatWest have begun piloting a mobile payments tool that lets customers send money to anyone with a Visa card and UK phone number.

Intuit launches UK chip and PIN mobile card reader

Wading into a crowded UK market, Intuit has launched its app and chip and PIN dongle system for turning mobile phones into card payment terminals.

Pakistan's Monet taps Fundamo for shared mobile money network

A shared mobile money network, built on Visa's Fundamo technology, that can be tapped by banks and telcos is preparing to launch in Pakistan.

Retailer sues Visa over data breach penalties

US retailer Genesco is suing Visa to recover more than £13 million in penalties it was hit with for a 2010 data breach.