Tag Archives : Visa

The travel and hospitality industry are very competitive because the options available to the consumers are enormous and they are constantly enticed by attractive offers. There are so many incentives for the consumers to switch brands. So to retain the loyalty of the consumer and nullify the incentive to change the hotel chains and airlines run their [...]

Discussions about the Super Bowl or for that matter any sporting even with a big fan following these days does not remain confined to the living room or a bar. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter become abuzz with discussions as well. So Visa decided to take this opportunity and sponsored an exclusive webpage on Twitter that would include [...]

The world of technology is on an evolutionary elevator, with nearly no stops in between and at the helm of this revolution is one of the foremost technology companies, Apple Inc. The makers of two of the most astounding gadgets in the market, Apple iPhone and Apple iPad is now aiming to take mobile technology to the next frontier of mobile based payments. [...]

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, accused the companies no longer provide service to his site from being in the service of U.S. foreign policy, and asked for help in his work to be protected from “illegal and immoral attacks.” Assange is imprisoned in Britain, where he can be extradited to Sweden to answer allegations of sexual crimes, [...]

After Operation Payback, which toppled sites Visa and Mastercard, the protest actions of the group known as “Anonymous” have taken a new form, from the release of a new action, called Operation Leakspin. Users are invited to browse the collection of more compromising WikiLeaks documents, summary versions of the same post (along with the [...]

The Japanese company Toppan Printing has created a new type of credit card, which uses a color screen and a built-in mini keyboard. According to the company, this way would be more accurate to use a phone to deal with mobile business transactions. The card, with 3.9 mm thick, comes with a 2.2-inch color screen and a resolution of 320 × 240, but most [...]

For a long time now, credit cards have been one of the most widely used and accepted method of electronic payments. However, now if the vision of two of the wireless carriers in the U.S, Verizon Wireless and AT&T is to be believed, then the era of credit cards is soon going to come to an end. Both these wireless carriers are now planning to collaborate [...]

One of the biggest financial services in the world, Visa has now teamed up with DeviceFidelity to provide the Apple iPhone with a unique gift, that of a payment case, where in the users will be able to make use of their iPhones to make payment via credit cards. This service would be most suitable for places and retail stores, where there is no means [...]

Visa has introduced a novel way to pay money in Malaysia. Customers can now use one of the specified mobile phones with a chip attached and all that they would have to do is wave the phone against a receiver that reads RFID. When connected to Internet, the user can pay the amount the same way it works when you swipe your card. However, the advantage [...]

The pics published in Britain’s News of the World, showing the eight times Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps using a bong, were taken in November at a University of South Carolina house party. He did appear genuinely apologetic and embarrassed when he apologised to his fans and sponsors earlier this week about the photo. “It’s [...]