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Visa: Why 2015 was the year for payments
December 28th, 2015
2015 was definitely the year for payments. The sector saw transaction volumes grow an average of nine percent. New players like Apple joined the game. Others like Samsung and Google limbered up on the touchline. The fintech trend really swept the ...
Contactless payments set to soar across Europe
December 10th, 2015
Spectacular growth in the volume and value of contactless payments across the European Union during 2014 has set the scene for a mass-market breakthrough over the coming years as resolutions by Visa and MasterCard accelerate the roll out of ...
Visa/MasterCard EU dominance adds impetus to calls for bank-backed competitor
December 2nd, 2015
MasterCard and Visa now account for 86% of all payment cards in Europe, as domestic and private label schemes continue their decline, according to data from RBR. RBR’s figures indicate that €9 out of every €10 spent using a ...
Swatch partners with Visa for pay-by-the-wrist contactless payments
December 1st, 2015
Swatch SA and Visa Inc. together with Visa Europe have signed an agreement giving eligible Visa cardholders in the U.S., Switzerland and Brazil the ability to tap and pay with Swatch’s new «pay-by-the-wrist» watch, Swatch Bellamy. Slated to launch ...
Mario Draghi Interview: We must propose a way forward to Europeans
November 2nd, 2015
Interview with Il Sole 24 Ore Interview with Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, conducted by Alessandro Merli and Roberto Napoletano, published on 31 October 2015 President Draghi, in Malta last week, you stressed the downside risks for both ...
Visa To Keep UK Presence After BoE Steps In
November 2nd, 2015
The Bank of England wants Visa Inc to keep a big UK presence after the $23.5bn takeover of Visa Europe, Sky News learns. The Bank of England has told the credit card giant Visa to keep a substantial presence ...
Visa Cautious on the Bitcoin Block Chain
July 31st, 2015
According to a recent article, Visa is aiming to maintain its dominance one way or another. Collab, an arm of Visa Europe, is investigating Bitcoin-oriented companies that could disrupt their business model ultimately. Visa is not against ultimately updating ...
Visa: Bitcoin Has a Future in Payments
July 10th, 2015
Large existing payments companies are “lowering the drawbridges” and working more openly with new players in the space, according to a Visa executive. Jonathan Vaux, executive director of new digital payments and strategy at Visa Europe, was speaking at WIRED Money, held ...
International payment provider ECommPay becomes VISA Principal Member
February 19th, 2015
In February 2015, VISA’s European Board of Directors granted VISA Principal Member status to payment processing company ECommPay. ECommPay creates state-of-the-art, bespoke payment solutions for e-Commerce merchants, enabling them to make and to accept payments via VISA/MasterCard and China ...
Russian Carrier to Suspend Flights due to European sanctions
August 4th, 2014
Sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union have led the Russian state carrier Aeroflot to suspend all flights according to its announcement on Sunday. The sanctions, announced on Tuesday, said the subsidiary, Dobrolet, “facilitates the integration of the ...
