Visa may have given Google its approval to use the company’s payment system for its Google Wallet service, but that doesn’t mean the company doesn’t have plans of its own.

Steve Perry, commercial director for Visa Europe,...

Samsung will launch an "iconic" Olympic phone in connection with Visa and the London 2012 games in the first quarter of 2012 Pocket-lint has learnt.

The confirmation comes from Sandra Alzetta, Head of innovation and new product development...

Visa has announced a mobile payment platform - Visa Mobile Person-to-Person payments - that sees the credit card giant taking on PayPal when it comes to quick and easy electronic payments.

The platform lets you instantly send your pals money...

Google Wallet, Google’s newest money making venture, has become official with the company signing up not just MasterCard, but Visa, American Express and Discover in the US and Europe.

"In May we announced Google Wallet - an app that makes...

Forget about Black Friday, it's time for Manic Monday - the busiest online shopping day of the year, in which £537 million is expected to be spent online.

Visa Europe has stated that more money is forked out on e-retail stores on the Monday...

Visa Europe has launched a contact-less payment system in Turkey where BlackBerry users, who are customers of Akbank, can pay for items using a microSD card inside their mobile phones.

The scheme, which makes use of NFC technology, uses a microSD...

Visa Europe has announced the trial of a new mobile service that gives Visa cardholders instant transaction confirmation to their mobiles when they use their debit, credit, or prepaid card.

Visa says the notifications will provide "increased...

Music streaming service Spotify has launched an update to its software client that improves the playlist interface, adding the title, author, length, number of tracks and an icon indicating whether or not it's editable by the user.

On top...

Adding to the list of new-fangled payment options, currently encompassing all from phones to fingerprints, the South Koreans have just got another choice.

The new system being launched by Shinhan Card and Visa is incorporated into a USB...

O2 has officially announced the launch of the rumoured "Tube-Phone" as a 6-month trial across London.

500 O2 customers will be given the already-launched Nokia 6131 NFC handset installed with the "O2 Wallet" and 200 quid pre-loaded by the...

Second Life appears to be fast becoming First Life as more and more companies attempt to market themselves in the virtual community.

Credit card company Visa, has announced that it has staked its claim in the virtual world with the purchase...

Visa launched its plans for a contactless payment system based on NFC, or near-field communications, at CES.

The sytem relies on mobile phone manufacturers incorporating the technology into their devices, which Nokia has already done with...