‘Forgotten’ Cash: British holidaymakers sit on £663m stack of leftover foreign currency
One third of British travellers caught in airport ‘Squanderlust’ spending
Topics: Pr-communication
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Spend by Chinese visitors to the UK hits record level, giving UK retailers a much-needed boost
• Chinese Visa cardholders visiting the UK spent £50m in July, overtaking tourists from France as the second highest spenders in the UK • A new simplified visa scheme for Chinese nationals introduced in July is expected to further boost Chinese tourism spending in the UK • The British high street was the main beneficiary, attracting £2 in every £5 of Chinese holiday spend
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Apple Pay Now Available to Millions of UK Visa
UK cardholders will be able to load their cards and use Apple Pay starting today. Apple Pay marks the debut of Visa Europe’s Payment Token Service. Visa Europe’s tokenisation technology is behind Apple Pay and offers enhanced security to protect against potential fraud You can use Apple Pay at any contactless terminal. There is no spend limit on upgraded terminals
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Visa Europe's analysis of spending growth on Sundays vs. other days of the week
Analysis of spending on Visa cards in the UK shows clear growth in Sunday trading versus other days of the week:
Average Sunday Average Saturday Average Day Increase in face-to-face spend from 2011 to 2015 35.2% 28.2% 27.9% Increase in online spend from 2011 to 2015 68.9% 56.7% 47.5%
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1 billion Visa contactless purchases made in last year
1.1 billion contactless transactions made by Visa cardholders across Europe in the last 12 months More than €12.6 billion spent in total More than 130 million Visa contactless cards are now in circulation in Europe Visa’s contactless infrastructure is ready for the next generation of digital payments
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Card payments at the 2015 FIA Formula E Visa London ePrix
60 contactless mobile point-of-sale solutions distributed to event vendors More than 50% of all purchases made were card-based Over 100 cashless transactions made every minute at peak times
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Boomer Parents prove to be savvier money users on holiday than their millennial kids
Research suggests 18-24 year olds use their cards less when overseas due to perceived higher costs, despite research proving otherwise
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Visa Europe to electrify fans at Formula E Visa London ePrix championship finale
From complimentary commentary headsets to Formula E style driver training, fans will be at the heart of the action at Visa Europe’s eVillage area
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Apple Pay Coming to Millions of UK Visa Cardholders
Visa Europe will offer Visa debit, credit and reloadable prepaid cardholders access to Apple Pay "Supported by Visa’s extensive contactless infrastructure, Apple Pay in the UK offers an easy, secure and private way to pay, catapulting mobile payments into the mainstream" Jeremy Nicholds, Visa Europe
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Smart devices on track to replace cash and cards
Smart devices on track to replace cash and cards as UK mobile payments projected to hit over £1.2bn a week by 2020 -UK mobile payments predicted to grow three-fold in the next five years as shoppers embrace new options and spend more on mobile -One in four estimate spending more than £50 a week on mobile by 2020
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Payment tokenisation service launched
Service protects customer data to enable secure and convenient payments across a variety of technologies
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Championing the ubiquity of contactless with new “Everyday Britons are paying with Visa Contactless” campaign
New campaign will begin running Monday, 2 February, and will demonstrate how Visa contactless is safe, swift and easy for everyone in the UK everyday
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Generation Z ready for biometric security to replace passwords
Three-quarters of 16-24 year olds would feel comfortable using biometric security 69% believe it will be faster and easier than passwords and PINs Half of young people foresee the death of passwords by 2020
