It wasn’t all that long ago that Visa was putting the final touches on a $2 billion acquisition ofonline fraud prevention company CyberSource. Now the credit card company has made another big splash that will continue the aggressive expansion of its digital and mobile commerce offerings. Visa Inc. announced today that it has reached an [...]
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Visa Adds PlaySpan to Expanding Acquisitions List
Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged CyberSource, digital goods, PlaySpan, Visa, Visa Buys PlaySpan on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Online Fraud Losses Decline in 2010
Posted in Click Fraud, Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Retail, tagged CyberSource, e-commerce fraud, online sales fraud, Visa on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Adding to a growing list of why last year was such a good one for online retailers, a new report issued today says that fraud losses decreased in 2010, thanks in large part to merchants rejecting more suspect orders. Though the overall fraud rate for online retailers from the U.S. and Canada held steady at [...]
Visa Begins Big Push on Rightcliq
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Shopping, tagged ecommerce offerings, Google, online shopping services, Pay Pal, Visa, Visa Rightcliq on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The wait is over. After announcing this past March that it has designs on becoming a player in the comparison shopping industry and challenging the likes of Google (GOOG) and Pay Pal, Visa’s (V) official marketing push for its Rightcliq online shopping service is underway this week. The largest credit and debit card brand in [...]
Merchant Tips: Visa Clarifies Card Security Measures for Merchants
Posted in Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, tagged American Express, Discover, MasterCard, National Retail Federation, NRF, online credit card payments, payment systems, Visa on July 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Visa, far and away the most popular credit card choice for consumers, yesterday clarified its regulations governing how retailers collect and store customer account information for post-transaction disputes in a move that could help merchants save both time and money. The central item in the clarification, which applies to both online merchants and traditional brick [...]
U.S. Senate Mulls Cutting Debit Fees for Retailers
Posted in Merchant Tips, Online Shopping, tagged debit card fee reductions, debit card fees, financial reform legislation, Senator Richard Durbin, Visa on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Retailers who have been struggling to stay afloat as the U.S. economy has continued to flounder might be catching a break soon—a new measure making its way through the U.S. Senate that would reduce the fees they pay in order to accept debit cards as a form of payment. Sen. Richard Durbin’s (D-IL) amendment to [...]
Visa Throwing Its Hat into the Comparison Shopping Ring
Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged alternate online payments, Amazon, Checkout by Amazon, Google Checkout, online payment systems, PayPal, Visa, Visa Rightcliq on March 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Though a full public release is probably a few months away, it appears that Visa is getting involved in the comparison shopping industry with a new initiative called Rightcliq, which is currently enrolling some early trial members. Details are hazy at best right now but based on the Rightcliq terms of service, consumers will be [...]



