Neowin News Feed for: Visa

China rushes to poach young tech talents with the K visa program

Hamid Ganji — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:30:01 +0000

While the United States risks losing foreign tech talent due to the steep increase in H-1B visa fees, China has launched a new program aimed at attracting them. Read more...

Popular gaming storefront signals an end to adult games due to external pressure

Usama Jawad — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:04:01 +0000

Following the controversy surrounding "rape and incest simulator" No Mercy, Itch.io is deplatforming adult / NSFW games from its platform. Read more...

Visa wants to give AI agents your credit card so that they can shop and pay for you

David Uzondu — Thu, 01 May 2025 00:04:02 +0000

Visa is partnering with key AI companies through Visa Intelligent Commerce, allowing AI agents to securely pay for items on your behalf. Read more...

Report: Amex, Visa in tug of war to be the new home for Apple Card

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:44:01 +0000

As the Apple-Goldman Sachs deal nears its end, leading financial companies are trying to grab the lucrative opportunity. Read more...

Visa cuts ties with collapsed crypto exchange FTX

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:14:01 +0000

Visa has terminated its global debit card agreements with FTX, which has now declared bankruptcy. The Bahama-based crypto exchange platform had launched crypto debit cards with Visa in October 2022. Read more...

Amazon UK won't scrap the use of Visa credit cards after all

Paul Hill — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:36:02 +0000

Amazon UK will continue allowing Visa credit cards after January 19 after reaching an agreement with Visa. Despite this, Amazon said it will give advance notice if it ever decides to pull support. Read more...

Amazon UK won't accept Visa credit cards due to high fees

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:34:01 +0000

Amazon UK has hit out at Visa over the latter's high transaction fees. In retaliation, Visa credit cards issued in the UK will no longer be accepted on the platform from January 19, 2022. Read more...

Instant Transfer on Apple Cash now works with both Visa and MasterCard

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 10:36:01 +0000

Apple Cash, which is Apple's peer-to-peer payments service, now supports both Visa and MasterCard that will allow users to instantly transfer money from Apple Cash to their bank accounts. Read more...

Samsung Pay launching in Germany, works with almost every bank account

Garg Ankit — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 06:40:02 +0000

Samsung Pay launches in Germany under an open beta scheme with a limited set of flagship devices. The partnership with Visa and Solarisbank AG ensures it will work with almost every bank account. Read more...

Google enables more debit card payments in Brazil with Google Pay

Paul Hill — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:40:01 +0000

Google has launched online debit card payments through Google Pay in Brazil. Due to fraud, some online retailers don't allow debit cards, with this announcement, Google enables debit cards to be used. Read more...

Mastercard, Visa, eBay, and Stripe pull their support for Facebook's Libra

Paul Hill — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 01:56:01 +0000

The Libra Association has lost its backing from Mastercard, Visa, eBay, and Stripe. Facebook said it was a short term blow, but in a way, liberating. The firms could return once regulation is sorted. Read more...

Visa, Mastercard, and others are having doubts over Facebook's Libra

Paul Hill — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 06:06:01 +0000

Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency could see delays after insiders revealed that Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and PayPal all have doubts over the proposed cryptocurrency due to the scrutiny it's under. Read more...

Danske Bank announces Apple Pay support to customers in four European countries

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:14:01 +0000

Apple Pay is now available to all Danske Bank account holders in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Customers in these regions can use the iOS payment app with both Visa and Mastercard. Read more...

TechBargains: Logitech C920 1080p cam only $40, 65" VIZIO 4K TV under $1K & more

Steven Parker — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:08:01 +0000

The Logitech C920 1080p webcam is matching its Prime Day price, the 65" VIZIO P-Series Quantum 4K TV is under $1000, and the new Dell Inspiron 15 5000 with $100 Visa Prepaid Card is just $600. Read more...

TechBargains: Alienware Aurora GTX 1660 Ti only $1150 plus $200 Visa Prepaid & more

Steven Parker — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:41:03 +0000

Today's deals include 26% off 8TB WD Red 3.5" NAS Hard Drive, Alienware Aurora with GTX 1660 Ti only $1150 plus $200 Visa Prepaid Card, and there's up to $250 off Ultra-wide Curved Monitors & more. Read more...

Visa Checkout now supported on Android Pay

Timi Cantisano — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:30:01 +0000

Mobile payment systems have started to gain more traction with added support from merchants, credit cards issuers, and banks. Now, you'll be able to use Visa Checkout through Android Pay. Read more...

72% of British online shoppers abandon their carts over security fears: study

Justin Luna — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:34:02 +0000

Financial company Visa recently conducted a study on online shopping, which found that nearly three-quarters of UK consumers discard their carts over fears of possible security issues. Read more...

Samsung Pay wants to expand its reach and may soon support phones from other brands

George Karmpoulonis — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:26:01 +0000

It is being rumored that Samsung may offer its mobile payments technology, Samsung Pay, to other smartphone manufacturers in the hopes of building omnipresence and dominating the mobile phone market. Read more...

7 Days: A week of Surface speculation, Windows 10 wonders, and Google's "timely content"

Andy Weir — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 06:00:19 +0000

From exploding headphones and expansive TVs, to Qualcomm branding quirks, Apple's Russian fix, Microsoft's Teams work, and a "two-OS world", it's our handy walkthrough of the week's top tech news. Read more...

Visa to pilot contactless payment with sunglasses

Mina Esapa — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:32:01 +0000

Visa is to trial fifty pairs of sunglasses which can be used for NFC payment with partners and influencers at the World Surf League's 2017 Quiksilver and Roxy Pro surf competition in Australia. Read more...

Samsung Pay launches in India including support for Paytm

Boyd Chan — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 08:24:01 +0000

Following last month's launch in Malaysia, Samsung has today launched its mobile payment service in India with support for Mastercard and Visa cards issued by five banks in addition to Paytm wallets. Read more...

Attackers can guess valid credit card security details by using legitimate retailers

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:32:01 +0000

Researchers have uncovered a security flaw, that would let an attacker guess the numbers and security details of a credit card simply by using legitimate online shopping sites. Read more...

BitPay introduces namesake wallet on mobile and desktop

Paul Hill — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:44:01 +0000

BitPay has launched its new BitPay wallet, built on its Copay platform. The wallet includes features such as allowing users to buy bitcoins from within the app and support for the BitPay card. Read more...

Google to bring support for Visa Checkout and MasterPass to Android Pay in early 2017

Ben Moore — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 01:48:01 +0000

Google announced that it would bring support for the Visa Checkout and MasterPass payment services to Android Pay. This payment option will automatically appear on any site that already supports them. Read more...

NFC Ring offers a more subtle way to pay at contactless pay terminals

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 07:12:01 +0000

If you've been looking for a subtle way to make payments at contactless pay terminals, the NFC Ring might be your answer. The ring is available for pre-order and is supported by Visa. Read more...

BitPay's new Visa card turns Bitcoin into dollars for easy real-world spending

Paul Hill — Wed, 04 May 2016 12:58:01 +0000

BitPay has unveiled its new BitPay Visa Card. The card was made available with the help of Visa and allows cardholders to deposit Bitcoins from any wallet and withdraw or spend them in dollars. Read more...

Visa and MasterCard to kill off passwords for online payment authentications [Update]

Andy Weir — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:48:01 +0000

The password-based authentication systems from Visa and MasterCard are to be upgraded with a new 3D Secure 2.0 standard, which launches next year and will eventually support biometric authentication. Read more...

Samsung and Visa sign NFC deal, Galaxy S IV first to get integration

Stephen Robinson — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:34:00 +0000

Visa and Samsung have made a deal that will see the handset maker integrate Visa's payment software in its smartphones and tablets including the upcoming Galaxy S IV flagship. Read more...

Hacker claims to have gained access to Visa and MasterCard details; mass bank breach

Stefano Elia — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:54:49 +0000

A hacker going by the name of Reckz0r or "Jeremy", claims to have gained over 50GB of data from Visa and Mastercard customers, it would be wise to watch your credit info closely. Read more...

Visa and MasterCard could be victims of "massive" data breach

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:12:06 +0000

Credit card companies Visa and MasterCard have reported that a data breach at a US-based processor has recently occurred and may have exposed up to 10 million credit card numbers. Read more...

Captchas broken by Stanford Researchers

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:09:01 +0000

A Stanford research group has shown that Captchas aren't really that great at differentiating between human and computer. However, many websites aren't very worried. Read more...

Google Wallet launches on Sprint

Owen Williams — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:28:49 +0000

Nexus S users can now use Google Wallet, the company's first "tap and go" payment solution if they're on the Sprint network. The technology uses NFC and will soon support most major credit cards. Read more...

UK police charge alleged Anonymous hacker

Byron Hinson — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:28:50 +0000

Police have charged a man under the Computer Misuse Act. Peter David Gibson allegedly carried out hacks against a number of companies as part of hacking collective Anonymous and faces 10 years in jail Read more...

WikiLeaks to sue Visa and MasterCard for blocking donations

Denis Wong — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:12:35 +0000

It has been more than half a year since Visa and MasterCard faced DDoS attacks from Anonymous and WikiLeaks supporters for holding back financial donations to the whistleblower organization. In an announcement made earlier today,... Read more...

Five arrested over 'Anonymous' DDoS attacks

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:25:54 +0000

Five males have been taken into custody this morning, after their attacks against websites like PayPal, Visa, Mastercard and Amazon. The massive online group called 'Anonymous' was successful in disrupting service to the websites, all... Read more...

NFC payments coming to McDonalds in the UK

Mike Brown — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:32:30 +0000

McDonalds has revealed plans to install contactless payment technology in all of their UK restaurants this summer, The Mirror reports. Around £1.5 million is being invested into the scheme, which will see the system being... Read more...

Operation Payback Day 2: Teen boy arrested, more attacks planned

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:05:52 +0000

It seems that Anonymous has suffered its first casualty in their cyber war on Wikileaks detractors. In the Netherlands, a 16 year old boy has been arrested for contributing to the Distributed Denial of Service... Read more...

PayPal and Visa back up after attacks by Anonymous [Update]

Alan Cone — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:54:25 +0000

Anonymous sure has been fairly busy recently with their recent attacks on PayPal, MasterCard, and now are preparing to take down Visa's website according to a tweet by @Anon_Operation under Operation Payback. The group today announced... Read more...

The Linux Foundation launches their own branded Visa card

Sam Symons — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:52:11 +0000

The Linux Foundation seems to be quite adamant of getting their image out there, as of late; not too long ago, they sent out their own advertisement to show off their offerings to the public,... Read more...

Sony launches PlayStation credit card

Sam Alderwick — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:13:35 +0000

Sony has previously offered credit cards, but not, until this week, a PlayStation card, in the U.S. Also, for a limited time only, those who sign up to the new PlayStation card will receive a... Read more...