Latest Visa articles

Visa develops over-the-air NFC update for smartphones

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Payment firms make it easier for networks to offer contactless payments
27 Feb 2012

Visa: Year of Olympics will be watershed for contactless payments

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The 2012 Olympics is expected to be a technology showcase for both contactless and NFC payments
13 Jan 2012

Visa investigates security breach

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Visa has been notified of a possible security breach at a European payment processor, whilst 17,000 cards are being reissued in Romania
16 Dec 2011

Visa Europe invests in Beyond Analysis for data analytics

Visa represents £1 in every £4 spent in the UK
15 Nov 2011

Visa plans new London datacentre

Payment card giant to build 10,000 sq ft facility close to the capital
08 Jun 2011

Visa invests in mobile payment start-up

Square benefits from strategic investment from Visa to aid its growth
28 Apr 2011

The race towards a cashless Olympics

It is up to the payments industry to play the game and upsell contactless payments
09 Mar 2011

Visa and Mastercard subjected to DDoS attacks

Credit card firms attacked after pulling services from Wikileaks
08 Dec 2010

Banks report a big increase in contactless transactions

Monthly contactless payments increase by over 200 per cent since January
03 Nov 2010

PCI DSS deadline is today, but is it really a deadline?

Analyst accuses credit card firms of giving out mixed messages
30 Sep 2010

Visa tests mobile phone service to tackle card fraud

Cardholders will receive instant transaction updates via SMS
21 Jul 2009

Are contactless payments set to go mainstream?

Visa says contactless payment cards will soon conquer the coffee shop, before taking over the rest of the high street
16 Jul 2009

Visa aims for mobile payments on four billion phones

Deal with Monitise aims to develop mobile e-commerce network
01 Jul 2009

One-time code card aims to combine security and convenience

Credit card giants hope new card will help to stem the tide of online fraud and identity theft
14 May 2009

UK card fraud reaches £610m

Number of internet scams rise as online shopping becomes more popular
19 Mar 2009

Barclays rolls out contactless payment for debit cards

Three million customers to receive cards embedded with the new technology by year end
03 Mar 2009

Visa takes credit for delivering IT value

Steve Chambers, CIO of Visa Europe explains how the card payments firm moved to an entirely new IT platform
05 Feb 2009