Mastercard moves to protect 'risky and frisky' crypto transactions Expands into a sector so toxic many won't touch it Security10 Oct 2022 | 17
PayPal, Visa, Mastercard suspend Russian services TikTok, Netflix and major games houses also quit, but Ukraine wants more help from Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Google Personal Tech07 Mar 2022 | 44
Amazon tells folks it will stop accepting UK Visa credit cards via weird empty email Updated January cutoff postponed... for now cardholders can keep buying things they can't afford Personal Tech17 Nov 2021 | 302
Revealed: How to steal money from victims' contactless Apple Pay wallets Updated Boffins devise tricks to dupe stolen or nearby iPhones into paying out when in transit mode and using Visa Security30 Sep 2021 | 57
US IT staffing biz accused of abusing student visa program now forced to stop advertising only to immigrants DoJ unhappy with ASTA CRS but not as much as former employees On-Prem27 Jul 2020 | 5
Tech CEO thrown in the clink for seven years for H-1B gang-master role: Crim farmed out foreign staff as cheap labor Workers brought over from India were supposed to tackle specific projects – not fill a pool for short contracts On-Prem24 Sep 2019 | 38
Hope to keep your H-1B visa? Don't become a QA analyst. Uncle Sam's not buying it: Techie's new job role rejected Software testing just ain't that special, sniff immigration bods Software17 Jul 2019 | 53
Visa fingers 'very rare' data centre switch glitch for payment meltdown European boss says 10% of attempted transactions failed as a result of equipment fault On-Prem19 Jun 2018 | 46
Visa Europe fscks up Friday night with other GDPR: 'God Dammit, Payment Refused' Updated 'Hardware failure' blamed for ruining revelries Personal Tech01 Jun 2018 | 141
Coinbase, Worldpay, Visa play blame game after dosh vanishes from crypto-fans' pockets Refunds for missing bank account cash trickle through Science20 Feb 2018 | 15
Paper mountain, hidden Brexit: How'd you say immigration control would work? Never gonna give EU up, never gonna let you down... er Legal22 Aug 2016 | 226
Walmart sues Visa for being too lax with protecting chip cards The only thing lower than our prices is your security! On-Prem11 May 2016 | 67
Visa mobilises its money out of mobile money firm Monitise Profitability remains just over the mobile horizon On-Prem08 Jul 2015 |
Visa: One million bonks a month for Europeans from next year 2015 is the year mobes become credit cards Networks26 Feb 2015 | 21
Visa's tokenisation scheme to debut in Australia Frustrated fraudsters to deal with throwaway digits Security25 Feb 2015 | 5
Who wants to be a millionaire? Not so fast, Visa tells wannabe pay-by-bonk thieves But crims will probe contactless cards for flaws, experts warn Security05 Nov 2014 | 27
Apple Pay is a tidy payday for Apple with 0.15% cut, sources say Cupertino slurps 15 cents from every $100 purchase On-Prem13 Sep 2014 | 71
Mobile money biz Fundamo founder moves on 2 years after Visa slurp, Van Rensburg wants to ditch his visas and kick back at home... Networks21 Jan 2014 | 1
Leaked docs: NSA 'Follow the money' team slurped BANK records, CREDIT CARD data German mag spills beans on monitored global bean-spilling Security18 Sep 2013 | 84
Credit card donations to WikiLeaks restored as Mastercard breaks ranks Chip in to get Assange™ some new cushions Security05 Jul 2013 | 15
M&S shoppers make quarter of a million NFC payments a WEEK It's not just ANY bonking, it's posh, food-centric bonking Networks09 May 2013 | 48
Court orders Visa partner to allow donations to WikiLeaks Credit card blockade begins to crack On-Prem24 Apr 2013 | 65
Retailer challenges Visa penalty fees in data security dust-up Claims it was charged despite 'no evidence' of breach On-Prem12 Mar 2013 | 26
MasterCard tries to zap PayPal with own-brand mobe wallet MasterPass eyes lead in pay-by-mobe race Networks27 Feb 2013 | 22
Visa to devs: Please take contents of our wallet Make shopping fun like first-person-shooters to repel PayPal, Google On-Prem27 Feb 2013 | 24
Bonking payment by NFC doubled by Olympics splash Slapcash getting some traction ... not with iPhone fans On-Prem20 Sep 2012 | 21
French credit card allows Wikileaks donations Assange hopes to raise EU$1m thanks to Carte Bleue Legal19 Jul 2012 | 9
Olympic Phone touch-payment details revealed Updated Games to be a hotbed of bonking for money Personal Tech18 Jun 2012 | 14
Why embossed credit cards are here to stay Mobile blackspots, global compatibility, keep bumpy numbers alive On-Prem03 May 2012 | 101
Visa Europe muscles in to UK cloudy wallet market Another day, another payment platform... On-Prem30 Apr 2012 | 4
Visa dumps Global Payments after it flashed 1.5m US card numbers Processing firm: This was our first intrusion... On-Prem02 Apr 2012 | 13
Visa and MasterCard warn of credit card data breach Updated Rumors swirl over size of snafu Security30 Mar 2012 | 39
ALL Visa cards blab punters' names - not just Barclaycards Wireless Pay-by-bonk fraud risk widens Security29 Mar 2012 | 82
Visa shows off data centre 'moat' Why have an air gap when you can have a water barrier? Networks27 Mar 2012 | 25
Visa to tell shops where their punters' wallets went next Spending habits data touted On-Prem15 Nov 2011 | 29
Credit card companies plan to sell your purchase data to advertisers Evil plot may end up buried in the T&Cs ... On-Prem27 Oct 2011 | 81
Visa muscles into Olympic pay-by-wave with microSD kit Non-NFC gadgets to join Samsung's 2012 phone for on-site payments On-Prem07 Oct 2011 | 7
PayPal to move into the shop - without cards or NFC Skip the queues, scan barcodes with your phone On-Prem15 Sep 2011 | 55
UK cops charge alleged Anonymous hacker Say he fired Low Orbit Ion Cannon at Wikileaks enemies Security25 Aug 2011 | 26
Wikileaks loses briefly-open Icelandic payment channel Back to Bitcoin, banks and brown envelopes for Assange™ Channel11 Jul 2011 | 33
WikiLeaks sues Visa, Mastercard over 'financial blockade' Unleashes pack of slavering Scandinavian lawyers Legal04 Jul 2011 | 57
Visa pushes NFC operator bypass on French iPhone gets proximity payments in France Networks28 Jun 2011 | 4
Google Wallet phone-pay is coming - but how will it work? Analysis Chocolate Factory cloudbank, or e-wallet Networks26 May 2011 | 5
Lloyds TSB signs up to Olympic Phone pay-by-wave plan Mobe of the Gods just needs operator now Networks18 May 2011 | 18
US operators shelve banking plan for Isis Isis will be a wallet, not a bank card Networks04 May 2011 | 2
London Olympics ticket grab ends with website wobbles 'Darling, what's this £926 on my Visa card?' Networks27 Apr 2011 | 28
Telefonica creates NFC District in Madrid Employees to enjoy taste of own dog food Networks04 Apr 2011 | 3
London Olympics get pay-by-wave Visa and Samsung are in, but it takes three to tango Networks01 Apr 2011 | 6
Visa's chip-and-PIN exemption rules given cautious welcome Good news for shopkeepers Security15 Feb 2011 | 9
Visa approves wireless payment chip Two phones approved to surf the payWave Personal Tech09 Dec 2010 | 15