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Retailers extremely focused on payment innovation
Payment innovation in the retail industry is rapidly changing, driven by consumer adoption of mobile smart devices. Because of recent well-publicized...
Visa Checkout a hit with online consumers
Visa says that online shoppers using its Visa Checkout payment service are 17% more likely to complete their purchases than those using PayPal....
Visa and QIWI mass launch of contactless phone payments
QIWI and Visa have implemented a new stage of their strategic partnership, which has resulted in integration of Visa payWave’s contactless technology...
Card networks economics: Increased profitability post-IPO
The card networks, Visa and MasterCard have grown significantly and altered their market approaches since their initial public offerings (Visa...
UK mobile payments projected to hit over £1.2bn a week by 2020
The UK is becoming an increasingly “cash-last” society as one in four Brits expects to use their mobile phone to...
Visa’s new commercial standard for mobile payments
Visa Inc. has announced a new program that connects financial institutions and technology companies to simplify and accelerate the roll-out of...
Cash overtaken by ‘non-cash’ payments in 2014
Figures published today show that the total number of cash payments made by consumers, businesses and financial organisations in the...
Visa and MasterCard shares surge as China ends card monopoly
Shares in Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. climbed the most since October after China’s government indicated it plans to end...