Visa Adds Refugee Olympic Athletes to Complete Team Visa Rio 2016 Roster
Sixty Olympic and Paralympic athletes form the company’s largest, most diverse Team Visa
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Apple Pay Now Available to Millions of French Visa Cardholders
Today, Visa announced that Visa debit and credit cardholders from French banks Banque Populaire et Caisse d’Epargne (BPCE group) now have access to Apple Pay which launches today
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European consumers ready to use biometrics for securing payments
• Two-thirds of consumers want to use biometrics when making payments • Three-quarters see two-factor authentication, where a form of biometrics is used in conjunction with a payment device, as secure • Half think payments will be faster and easier with biometrics • Fingerprint recognition is the most popular form of biometric
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June rounds off weakest quarterly growth in two years, with the full impact of the Referendum result yet to be felt
Growth in consumer spending holds close to May’s 27-month low (+0.9% year-on-year) Transport & Communications which include flight bookings and car purchases dropped -4.2% Slowest increase in spending at Hotels, Bars & Restaurants since January 2013 (+3.3%) E-commerce spending rises at a faster pace (+4.6%), while face-to-face expenditure falls for the second month in a row (-1.3%)
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Apple Pay Now Available to Visa Cardholders in Switzerland
Visa Inc. announced today that around 1 million Visa cardholders in Switzerland now have access to the newly launched Apple Pay – giving users an easy, secure and private way to pay
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UK households set to spend £63.4 billion on international travel by 2025
• UK is predicted to become the second highest spenders in Europe, and the fourth globally • Average UK household spend on international travel to reach £9,300 annually by 2025 • Growth in spend by over 65s predicted to be a key driver
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Visa Inc. Completes Acquisition of Visa Europe
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announces the completion of its acquisition of Visa Europe Ltd.
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Consumer spending slows amid economic and political uncertainty
• Slowest increase in consumer spending since February 2014 • Transportation and communications dropped -5.2% year-on-year, driven by slowing growth in car sales • Clothing & Footwear retailers buck the trend, posting +4.2% year-on-year, its first rise in three months • Growth in e-commerce slows to +2.3% year-on-year while face-to-face expenditure falls slightly on an annual basis (-0.8%)
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European Commission Approves Visa Inc.’s Acquisition of Visa Europe
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced that the European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Visa Europe Ltd. by Visa Inc
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Visa Europe Announces New Digital Enablement Programme with Launch Partners to Include Google’s Android Pay and Leading UK Banks
Connects banks with other mobile wallet providers for instant access, streamlined implementation
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Visa limbers up to show Everything Counts for Team GB
• New campaign launches in partnership with the British Olympic Association • Everything Counts platform enables the British public to share the stories of athletes on the road to being part of Team GB • Athletes Adam Gemili, Adam Peaty, Claudia Fragapane and Elinor Barker signed as Team Visa Ambassadors
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Europeans “touched to pay” three billion times in the last 12 months – cementing contactless payments’ growing popularity
• 1-in-5 in-person Visa-processed card payments are now contactless • 3 billion contactless transactions made using Visa cards and devices across Europe between 1 May 2015 and 30 April 2016 • 165 million Visa contactless cards and 3.2 million POS terminals are now in active in Europe
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