Tagged: Visa Europe & News
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Irish consumer expenditure on Visa cards reaches record 15.5bn News
15.01.2013 Annual Irish consumer spending on Visa cards debit, credit and prepaid has hit 15.5bn for the first time, an increase of 17pc on 2011 expenditure. Visa Europe attributes... -
Fast food meets faster transactions as McDonald's embraces contactless payments News
19.12.2012 McDonald's has become the latest brand to roll out contactless payments as 83 restaurants across Ireland are equipped with the latest in 'touch and go' Visa payment terminals.Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Hardware, Financial Services, Financial, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Arnotts is the latest retailer to roll out contactless payments News
17.12.2012 Department store Arnotts has become the latest retailer and the first department store in Ireland to offer contactless payments. -
Irish consumers will spend 420m online this Christmas News
26.11.2012 Irish consumers plan to spend an average of 227 each online this Christmas, according to Visa Europe, adding up to 420m in online sales. The news will send a chill rather than... -
Boots to accept contactless payment cards in all its stores News
04.10.2012 Contactless payments the standard everywhere else in Europe have finally arrived in Ireland. Pharmacy chain Boots has launched a contactless payments platform in conjunction... -
Samsung and Visa name Galaxy S III their official Olympic Games Phone News
09.05.2012 Samsung and Visa have jointly named the new NFC-enabled Samsung Galaxy S III as their official phone for the London 2012 Games. The NFC device will be capable of wirelessly...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Business -
Spar, Mace, XL to accept contactless card payments News
05.04.2012 BWG Foods, which owns retail businesses such as Spar, Eurospar, Mace and XL, is partnering with Visa Europe to begin accepting payments from NFC-enabled contactless cards from... -
The digital business week News
16.01.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Telecommunications, Networks, Legal, Leadership & Management, Intellectual Property, eCommerce -
Visa approves new smartphones for NFC payments News
10.01.2012 Visa Europe has certified NFC-enabled smartphones from RIM, Samsung and LG Electronics for use as payment devices using the Visa payWave app at the point of sale. -
There are now 35m NFC handsets in the world News
14.12.2011 The year 2011 was a breakthrough year for NFC (near field communications), not only due to the launch of Google Wallet and other new services coming on stream, but the arrival...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Economy, eCommerce -
Irish shoppers to spend 257m online for Christmas as Cyber Monday kicks off News
28.11.2011 Irish consumers could spend 257m online on presents for Christmas, with each person spending 155 on average, according to research released for Cyber Monday, the busiest... -
Centra to support upcoming contactless cards News
14.07.2011 Centra will be the first to accept contactless payments, supporting the NFC Visa Debit cards to be made available from Bank of Ireland in late 2011. -
Bank of Ireland launches contactless Visa debit cards News
06.07.2011 Bank of Ireland has launched a new contactless-enabled Visa debit card, allowing consumers to pay for purchases of 15 and under "in less than a second" by holding a card over a... -
Visa Europe to run a new IT apprenticeship programme News
19.04.2011 In a first for Visa Europe, it is to start an IT apprenticeship programme and is looking for 12 people to train within the companys Technology and Processing Services (TPS)... -
The digital business week News
11.04.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Visa Europe to invest 100m in mobile and e-commerce News
08.04.2011 Visa Europe is planning to invest 100m each year to generate growth through the union of card payments with mobile and e-commerce, the company announced today. -
O2s entry into money market will lead to NFC mobile wallet News
17.02.2011 Irelands second-largest mobile operator Telefσnica O2 is bringing out a new money card for consumers that will allow them to buy goods and services in most retail outlets. New... -
NFC race starts: Samsung runs with Visa for Olympics 2012 News
01.04.2011 The athletes are approaching their starting line for the prize of who holds the purse strings for the mobile wallet revolution. In the latest development, Samsung has partnered... -
Twitter says it's not blocking WikiLeaks from trending News
09.12.2010 Social networking giant Twitter has revealed the WikiLeaks saga is not trending is because it is not as popular as people may think, and that they have not blocked it as a... -
MasterCard targeted for Wikileaks account freeze News
08.12.2010 Credit card giants MasterCard Inc and Visa Europe have suspended card payments to Wikileaks, following the publication of sensitive US cables, and in retaliation 4Chan has taken...