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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand will launch a new visa to attract technology entrepreneurs as it tries to offset its struggling dairy industry, but it may struggle to beat Australia in the race to become the Silicon Valley of the South Pacific. Up to 400 Global Impact Visas would be offered over a four-year pilot […]
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss watchmaker Swatch SA, Visa Inc and Visa Europe have launched a project that lets Visa cardholders in the United States, Switzerland and Brazil make payments with Swatch’s new “pay-by-the-wrist” Swatch Bellamy watch. Set to launch in early 2016, Swatch Bellamy can be used around the world wherever contactless near-field communications (NFC) […]
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Visa Inc said on Monday online shoppers using its payment service are 17 percent more likely to complete their purchases than those using PayPal. Visa Checkout, which allows shoppers to store their payment information without having to re-enter it every time they make a purchase online, said 66 percent of its enrolled […]
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Visa Inc said on Wednesday it is joining MasterCard Inc and American Express Co in barring its credit cards from being used to pay for ads on Backpage.com following a request from a Chicago sheriff who said the site is used by sex traffickers. Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart said that “escort” […]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Visa Europe has announced a new, more secure way for consumers to pay retailers via smartphones, a move that could set the stage for Apple’s Apple Pay and rival mobile payment services to be introduced into Europe in the coming months. Visa Europe said on Tuesday it would introduce to member banks […]
On the face of it, you would be forgiven for thinking that the golden boy of mobile innovation had hit its first serious obstacle. Last year the gap between ‘mobile money’ and ‘plastic money’ narrowed continually as the payment providers rolled out some aggressive marketing to capture market share. Further pressure will be applied this […]
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