Visa

Biometrics has long had an interoperability gap. Visa is trying to address that with a new project that brings flexibility to biometric options.

The long-term promise of mobile wallets has been that plastic cards could disappear, even from the point of issuance.

The card networks earlier this year introduced faster versions of EMV payments to ease checkout times. They've since had a hard time winning merchant adoption.

Merchants have been allowed to surcharge in most states for the past three years, but many were not aware. That's starting to change.

Visa closed its acquisition of Visa Europe in late June, ending a year of negotiations and years of speculation in the payments industry.

In his last earnings call as Visa's CEO, Charles Scharf spoke about the card brand's outlook for new technology and China.

Visa and Mastercard are teaming up with wallet providers and technology companies to accelerate payments innovation.

Outgoing CEO Charles Scharf said the acquisition of Visa Europe is starting to pay off.

The compensation package will put incoming Visa CEO Alfred F. Kelly's income on par with Ajay Banga, Mastercard's CEO.

The card network will test a new business-to-business payment service powered by the tech beyind bitcoin.