Posts tagged visa
Wireless Visa payments coming to iPhone
May 20th
Visa and contactless technology company DeviceFidelity are working together to produce a solution for using the iPhone for Visa mobile payments.
The NFC (Near Field Communication) technology company has produced a microSD solution for mobile devices and is now attempting to target the iPhone market using a protective case that will cover the iPhone and incorporates [...]
iPhone Case Lets You Pay With Your Visa Card
May 18th
Instead of a chip, DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay iPhone case features a removable MicroSD card that stores and transmits your credit card information. To pay with your phone you activate a password protected iPhone application, and then hold your phone up to a scanner at any location that accepts contactless Visa payments.
Visa acquires CyberSource, positions itself for m-commerce
Apr 28th
By agreeing to acquire CyberSource for $2 billion in cash, Visa has become a direct player in the increasingly important area of payment processing for e-commerce and, crucially, m-commerce. Visa’s move is part of a trend among the card networks to branch out into new areas, secure future growth potential, and to avoid being blind-sided [...]
(It) Circuiti di pagamento
Mar 8th
Il circuito di pagamento, associato alla carta di pagamento, non è altro che la compagnia che si occupa di propagare, attraverso una propria rete di comunicazione, le richieste di spesa, e le rispettive autorizzazioni, dall’esercente all’istituto emittente, e viceversa. Il circuito si occupa anche di verificare le operazioni di saldo, ovvero di contabilizzazione e parificazione [...]
NFC security takes a step closer Will Wave and Pay really work?
Feb 23rd
article here
A new deal that aims to secure future mobile phone payments handsets has been inked.
The partnership between chipmaker ARM and G&D, the world’s second largest smartcard manufacturer, may bring chip-and-PIN levels of security to mobile apps, and also aspires to secure NFC (Near Field Communication) technologies.
The agreement will see G&D’s Mobicore operating system embedded [...]
“la Caixa” and Telefónica launch in Sitges the first shopping experience with NFC mobile phones and Visa’s payment system
Feb 11th
The pilot project will last six months and it will include 1,500 users and 500 merchants in Sitges with clients from “la Caixa” and Telefonica equipped with the latest technology in payment methods.
NFC “Proximity technology” allows making purchases by simply bringing close the mobile phone to the POS’s terminal, turning the telephone’s SIM card into [...]
Visa Europe to invest €200m in development of contactless payments by card and mobile
Feb 4th
From Near Field Communication World (article here)
“M-commerce is a strategic priority,” says Visa Europe’s head of UK and Ireland, “we are working and talking with all the mobile operators and handset manufacturers to develop standards for payment on mobile phones.”
Visa Europe is to spend €200 million on R&D for low-value contactless payments by card [...]
Visa, O2 and G&D unveil payment portability via SIM card
Nov 17th
Visa Europe, Telefonica O2 and smart card manufacturer Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) are set to unveil a SIM card at Cartes 2009 which will allow for the transfer of a payment application from one mobile handset to another. The service uses Smart Card Web Server (SCWS) SIM cards provided by G&D, Telefonica O2 data communications [...]
Maxis together with Nokia, Visa, Maybank launches ‘Maxis FastTap’ (Malaysia)
Apr 9th
Maxis Communications together with Nokia, Visa, Maybank and Touch ‘n Go, has launched Maxis FastTap, an integrated mobile payment service that utilises Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The incumbent said, with the service, customers can use their Nokia 6216 Classic phones to purchase goods and services at more than 1,800 Visa payWave merchant locations as [...]
Singapore NFC Trial Rewards Users By Giving Them The Phones
Apr 8th
Here’s one way to get people to try using mobile phones to make retail payments: Give them the phones if they buy enough stuff.
That’s the deal being offered by Citibank Singapore, Visa payWave and mobile network M1 as part of a 3-month pilot program in Singapore. For the trial, which involves as many as 300 [...]
