Visa Inc

Visa CFO Vasant Prabhu set to retire after firm gets new leadership

Prabhu has been Visa's CFO since 2015. He oversaw its finances at a time when profits soared, the firm added hundreds of millions of cardholders

Students with high IELTS score fail to speak English in US; probe launched

The US authorities have asked Gujarat Police to launch an investigation on how some institutes are helping students to obtain high IELTS scores to get college admissions abroad

Mastercard warns of inflation pinch after solid quarter for card issuers

Consumers across the globe have been showing signs of cracking in face of decades-high price pressures, with purchases at retailers including Walmart shifting away from big-ticket items to essentials

Indian applicants will likely have to wait longer for the US green card

A total of 369,322 applicants, who have approved employment visa petitions, are awaiting visa availability under the EB2 and EB3 categories

Chinese credit card processor UnionPay rebuffs Russian banks: Report

UnionPay's decision affects Sberbank, Russia's biggest commercial bank, and smaller institutions, RBC reported Wednesday

Plastic nationalism: Can India really shelve Visa and Mastercard for RuPay

Ater card platforms suspended Russian clients' access to merchants overseas, the link between plastic and politics has acquired a more serious dimension.

Russian banks switch to Chinese UnionPay after Visa, MasterCard suspend ops

Several Russian banks on Sunday announced plans to start issuing cards using the Chinese UnionPay card operator system.

Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia after Ukraine invasion

Mastercard and Visa are suspending their operations in Russia, the companies have said, in the latest blow to the country's financial system after its invasion of Ukraine

Visa, Mastercard block Russian financial institutions named for sanctions

US payment card firms Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc have blocked multiple Russian financial institutions from their network, complying with government sanctions imposed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine

Russia seeks to pause investor stampede as sanctions hammer economy

Russia seeks to place temporary restrictions on foreigners seeking to exit Russia assets, as it tried to stem an investor retreat driven by crippling Western sanctions imposed over Ukraine invasion

Amazon not to ban Visa credit cards in UK over 'interchange' fees

Amazon has reversed its earlier decision to ban Visa credit cards over fee issues from January 19.

Visa complains to US govt about India backing for local rival RuPay

Mastercard Inc has raised similar concerns privately with the USTR

Visa Inc's Amazon blues will shape the digital cash debate

E-commerce and social media giants could use this cash flowing into their tokens to offer credit to merchants, with repayments deducted on every sale at zero collection cost

Consumers caught in middle as Amazon, Visa clash over transaction fees

Customers are caught in the middle of a growing dispute between Amazon and Visa over transaction fees.

Contactless cards may come in handy amid Covid-19, but there is risk

However, one has to be cautious, as electronic pickpocketing is catching up

Plastic fantastic: Visa, Mastercard could be the next $1 trillion companies

Stock prices of both Visa and Mastercard have gained roughly 50 per cent in the past year.

Visa's quarterly profit rises nearly 28%

Company's net income at $1.93 billion