There’s no disputing that the pace of innovation in consumer payments over the last several years has been quick and its reach broad. There’s been an abundance of innovation in where consumers shop, what they use to pay when they buy and the devices they...
Today Visa and PYMNTS.com are giving the world the first look at the results of the “How We Will Pay” study. We’re bringing you the in-depth analysis as well as a quick break-down. The survey of 2600 American adults found that nearly 80 percent of Americans...
Visa Inc. announced that its quick, safe and secure payment method, Visa Checkout, has launched in the U.K., with travel company lastminute.com the first U.K. merchant to get on board. According to Finextra, Visa Checkout allows consumers to securely store shipping and payment details without...
There are few experiences more fiction-filled and anger-inducing than trying to find a parking space in a major metropolitan area. The circling the block — or blocks — over and over again while searching for any available space is bad enough; finally finding a metered space within...
With all the brilliant and groundbreaking work that has gone into building digital wallets and payment platforms, it can be pretty easy to lose sight of an essential truth about most consumers and most merchants. They don’t actually care if their payment methods become more...
The commerce life of a consumer is becoming more digital by the day, given the proliferation of mobile wallets, eCommerce destinations and the emerging plethora of IoT-ready devices now capable of enabling commerce for them. And while these ever-connected consumers also create many new opportunities...
Two quarters into Al Kelly's tenure as CEO, Visa reported a 37.2 increase in total payments volume on now 3.1 billion total cards. As for digital, well, that made some news too.
Today is International Women’s Day, and it’s worth stepping back and looking at trends that might be gelling to empower women in business this year and beyond. In one recent announcement, Visa has said that it has entered a strategic partnership with Girl Starter, a...
As MWC is spinning up, Visa has dropped the newest of its new Everywhere Initiative. The program is created to encourage the development of the “next big thing” in payments and is now ready to expand into Europe. Entrants will get a chance to compete for...