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Credit card companies to trim merchant fees, but retailers group ‘underwhelmed’

August 10 2018

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• American Express
• Mastercard
• Visa

“Ottawa has reached voluntary, five-year deals with Visa, Mastercard and American Express that the feds expect will help small and medium-sized companies save a total of $250 million per year, says a government source familiar with today’s announcement. Starting in 2020, Visa and Mastercard will reduce the fees they collect from businesses to an average […]

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Kroger Weighs Widening Unit’s Planned Ban On Visa Credit Cards

July 30 2018

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• Cards
• Visa

“The spat is the latest battle over the $90 billion that U.S. merchants pay each year in swipe fees. Major retailers have long looked for ways to cut down on such charges, including by lobbying lawmakers to lower the rates and through technology upgrades that avoid Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. entirely. A burgeoning group of financial-technology […]

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Eye on ATMs: Visa Will Lift Dynamic Currency Conversion Restriction at ATMs, Euronet Says; New PAI Leadership

October 1 2018

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• ATM
• Visa

“In what may be a boon for ATMs, Visa Inc. will allow dynamic currency conversion for consumers using international ATMs beginning April 13, 2019, says Euronet Worldwide Inc. The Leawood, Kan.-based processor, which operates more than 41,000 ATMs globally, says the rule change enables acquirers and ATM operators to offer the conversion service, which can convert the […]

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Kroger’s California Boycott of Visa Credit Cards Begins as the Grocer Mulls a Possible Expansion

August 15 2018

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• Visa

“The boycott of Visa credit cards by The Kroger Co.’s Foods Co chain in central and northern California began Tuesday as planned, but the parent company still won’t say whether the boycott will be expanded to its many other units.”

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Visa, Mastercard Reach $6.2 Billion Settlement on Swipe Fees

September 18 2018

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• Mastercard
• Visa

“Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. agreed to pay as much as $6.2 billion to end a long-running price-fixing case brought by merchants over card fees, the largest-ever class action settlement of an antitrust case. The total is in line with sums the two companies previously set aside to cover the costs of the litigation, including $5.3 billion already […]

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PayThink Visa’s outage shows the value of modern quality assurance

August 21 2018

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• Operations
• Visa

“Even as the payments landscape has become increasingly complicated and convoluted over the past several years, many industry players have not kept pace with their payments testing methods or tools. Too many payment providers still rely on dated, decaying and disjointed systems for monitoring, testing and maintaining their payment channels.”

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Visa And MoneyGram Team Up To Simplify Overseas Money Transfers

July 24 2018

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• Cards
• Cross-border payments
• Real-Time Payments
• Visa

“Visa Direct allows companies to leverage Visa’s global reach and scale to transform domestic and cross-border payments for businesses and consumers. The agreement with MoneyGram is the first cross-border use case for Visa Direct transactions originating in the U.S. The initial phase includes two priority corridors (United States to Mexico and United States to Philippines) […]

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Visa and WEX Team Up To Offer Choice And Versatility To Commercial Payments Customers

July 25 2018

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• B2B
• Cards
• Visa

“Visa Inc. and WEX Inc., a leading provider of corporate payment solutions, today announced a new relationship, uniting two of the world’s biggest commercial B2B payment solutions. As part of this arrangement, WEX and their corporate payment customers have the ability to use a Visa virtual credit card to enable global business-to-business (B2B) payments, thereby […]

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Visa Invests in Behalf to Support Small Business Financing

August 7 2018

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• Visa

“Visa (NYSE: V) today announced an investment and partnership with Israeli start-up, Behalf, to support small business growth through easy-to-access capital and financing. Behalf provides working capital solutions for small businesses and flexible financing for business purchases.”

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Paidy Announces Strategic Investment from Visa

August 24 2018

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• Japan
• Visa

“Today, Paidy Inc. (“Paidy”), an instantly-issued post-pay credit provider, announced an investment from Visa (NYSE:V) as part of the company’s Series C funding. Paidy is Japan’s first instantly-issued post-pay credit service for ecommerce consumers. In addition, the two companies are partnering on new digital payment experiences that will give Japanese consumers more options when buying […]