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Visa Europe will offer its cardholders in France and Switzerland access to Visa with Apple Pay

“The Apple Pay expansion will catapult mobile payments into the mainstream in both France and Switzerland, offering Visa cardholders an easy, secure and private way to pay.” – Sandra Alzetta, Visa Europe LONDON, 20-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Visa today confirmed that … Read the full press release

Visa Europe reported its strongest annual financial performance to date with revenue 9% up YoY

Revenue rises 9% and profits increase 30% year-on-year 2015 will be a defining year for digital payments Visa calls on retailers to use savings from regulation on improving consumer payments experience LONDON, 30-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Visa Europe has reported its … Read the full press release

Visa Europe: Contactless cards payments continued to gain monthly momentum in the UK

London, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The use of contactless cards to make payments has continued to gain monthly momentum in the UK, according to figures released by Visa Europe today. Consumers made almost 20 million (19.7 million) contactless transactions across the UK in … Read the full press release

Visa Europe: Consumer spending at UK DIY and household stores up over 6% during the Easter weekend compared to 2013

London, 24-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Growth in consumer spending at UK DIY and household stores on Visa cards was up over 6% during the Easter weekend compared to 2013 as homeowners continued to invest in their properties, buoyed by the strong … Read the full press release

Alpha Bank, Vodafone, Visa Europe and First Data introduced the first contactless mobile payments application in Greece

Athens, Greece, 27-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Alpha Bank and Vodafone, in partnership with Visa Europe and First Data, introduce Tap ΄n Pay, the first mobile phone application for contactless payments in the Greek market. Tap ΄n Pay, an innovative “mobile wallet” application, ensures a … Read the full press release

Visa Europe: 1M POS now accept contactless payment across Europe; spend grows six fold in 12 months

London, UK, 04-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — European consumers have made 211 million contactless purchases in the last 12 months (August 2012 to July 2013), according to figures released today from Visa Europe. The monthly contactless spend has also increased six fold to €285 million in July … Read the full press release

Joaquín Almunia welcomes Visa Europe’s proposed commitments to cut inter-bank fees for credit cards

Brussels, 14-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Vice President Almunia welcomes Visa Europe’s proposed commitments to significantly cut its inter-bank fees for credit card payments, to a level of 0.3% of the value of the transaction (a reduction of about 40 to 60%) and … Read the full press release