03 Aug 17 @ 06:16

Apple and Visa have been hit with an Apple Pay patent infringement lawsuit by Universal Secure Registry (USR), a small US company, that alleges their mobile payment partnership infringes four... read more

03 Aug 17 @ 06:04

Visa and Klarna announced they have reached an agreement for Visa to invest in Klarna, and intend to develop a future strategic partnership. Klarna is one of Europe’s fastest growing... read more

05 Apr 17 @ 11:26

More than 12 European countries will have adopted the Visa Token Service by the end of this year, says the card giant. Tokenisation makes mobile and online payments more secure... read more

03 Feb 17 @ 12:57

Mastercard and Visa have committed to accelerating the adoption of an open digital wallet. The card networks announced their agreement to allow each network to request tokenised credentials from the... read more

30 Jan 17 @ 12:04

In attempt to accelerate its digital commerce ambitions, Visa has agreed the acquisition of card-not-present authentication firm CardinalCommerce. Visa already provides Cardinal’s services to acquirers and merchants through its CyberSource... read more

03 Aug 16 @ 07:24

WAL-MART IS SUING Visa Inc for the right to choose how customers verify debit card purchases in store, according to Wall Street Journal reports. In the lawsuit, Wal-Mart claims that... read more

03 Aug 16 @ 07:23

THE DEAL IS done. Visa Europe has sold its European business to Visa Inc and has ceased to be a membership association. After amending the earn-out portion of the deal... read more

24 May 16 @ 15:23

VISA INC HAS had to remove the earn-out element from its deal to purchase Visa Europe following an intervention by the European Commission. Visa Inc ended months of speculation in... read more

02 Feb 16 @ 10:10

MasterCard and Visa account for 69 percent of the 2.9 billion payment cards issued in the Americas, and this share continues to rise at the expense of private label cards,... read more

01 Feb 16 @ 15:51

Visa Europe ended months of speculation by confirming in early November 2015 that it would sell its European operation to Visa Inc in a deal worth €21.2 billion. The price... read more

01 Oct 15 @ 08:12

18 percent of the 720 million Visa-branded credit, debit, and prepaid cards in the US contained an EMV chip as of July 2015, according to new Visa Inc figures, released... read more

31 May 15 @ 14:59

Visa Europe has secured commitment from 55 percent of the UK’s issuance base, which totals more than 60 million card holders and thousands of the UK’s retailers, large and small,... read more

31 May 15 @ 08:06

Visa Inc is rumoured to be in early-stage talks to buys its former European subsidiary, Visa Europe, in a deal that could be worth as much as US$20 billion, according... read more

28 May 15 @ 00:01

Visa Inc is rumoured to be in early-stage talks to buys its former European subsidiary, Visa Europe, in a deal that could be worth as much as US$20 billion, according... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 17:01

Visa Inc., Pizza Hut and Accenture announced they are working together to develop a proof-of-concept connected car to test mobile and online purchases on the go. The connected car is... read more

30 Mar 15 @ 16:58

Visa Inc. has announced that Visa Checkout is to be expanded globally. It is set to become available in a total of 16 markets in 2015, continuing its strong growth... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 13:03

Google is suing Visa and MasterCard, accusing the payment processors of breaching US federal antitrust law by charging ‘supra-competitive’ interchange fees. Google was one of those merchants that had earlier... read more

03 Dec 14 @ 12:03

Visa and MasterCard have bowed to pressure from Canadian regulators by agreeing to set a 1.5% cap on interchange rates in Canada for the next five years, a reduction of... read more

02 Oct 14 @ 15:38

Visa has initiated the roll-out of its tokenisation service to US clients. Visa Token Service replaces sensitive payment account information found on plastic cards with a digital account number or... read more

02 Oct 14 @ 15:18

Vodafone, in partnership with Visa, is developing a new mobile payments system that will allow users to complete contactless payment via NFC-enabled SIM cards. Vodafone and Visa have previously partnered... read more