Visa

Visa is learning that it its reunification with Visa Europe last summer came at a very good time.

Payments volume and cross-border business helped drive the strong performance.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi and PNC Bank are the first three banks to adopt the service, which is aimed at customers who use Visa commercial cards to buy supplies from Amazon Business.

Walmart still has no Near Field Communication technology to support mobile payments in its 4,000-plus U.S. stores, but it’s added Visa Checkout as an e-commerce option, joining many new merchants that now support Visa’s streamlined checkout process.

Charlie Scharf, the former chief executive officer of Visa Inc., was named chairman of the New York City Ballet, the largest dance organization in the U.S.

PayPal Holdings Inc. and Visa Inc. said they are extending into the Asia-Pacific region a partnership that currently covers only the U.S., in a move aimed at boosting transactions via digital payments for both companies.

Business-to-business payments network provider Viewpost will encourage more small and mid-size clients to convert to electronic payments through Visa virtual commercial cards.

Large merchants are re-energized in their conflict with Visa and Mastercard on the issue of swipe-fee costs, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to reinstate a class-action settlement that deeply divided many of the plaintiffs.

U.S Bank’s commercial Visa card customers can now use their smartphones to make corporate payments via Apple Pay, Android Pay or Samsung Pay.

Visa is amplifying its support for female entrepreneurship by sponsoring Girl Starter, a technology company that nurtures girls’ interest in technology and business leadership.

When Visa turned part of its technology shop into an innovator's sandbox, the card brand hoped it would accelerate its evolution from a rail for plastic cards to a diverse commerce enabler.

There are lots of new technology driven payment startups, though most still at least partly rely on the traditional card/bank model.

New recruitment center aims to fuel research around attracting and retaining top talent in the credit union movement.

India's latest government-supported payments initiative, Bharat QR, officially launched on Monday, aiming to provide an interoperable mobile payments platform linking small merchants and consumers across channels via several major card payment networks.

The rush to stake out central roles in the emerging Internet of Things is picking up speed, with IBM and Visa announcing a partnership for adding secure payments technology to everyday objects, including vehicles.

India's sudden shake-up of its currency system last fall was an early holiday for digital payment companies, and Visa was no exception.

With its WaveShades, Visa engages in a delicate balancing act of making its new payment wearable cool and trendy as any other fashion accessory without invoking the geekiness of the ill-fated Google Glass.

Kenya Commercial Bank is working with Visa to bring the first mobile payment solution to its customers in East Africa that utilizes a quick-response code for e-commerce and in-store transactions.

Driverless cars have become a big deal in technology and automotive circles, as what seemed to be science fiction just a few years ago gets closer to applied science. But once cars drive themselves, what will passengers do?

Automakers are rushing to embed payment capabilities and web-enabled features in their cars, with Honda being the latest to make tasks such as parking and fueling an automated part of the driving experience.