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mVisa QR codes to make mobile payments easier in India

11/15/201611/11/2016 L. Green

The Micromax smartphone maker will be offering this solution by way of its Udio mobile app. Micromax, a smartphone manufacturer, will offer its customers mVisa QR codes for mobile payments. This feature will be available throughout India by way of the Udio mobile app. It has been made possible in a joint project between Visa and TranServ a payment solution provider. All Micromax smartphone owners will be able to use this service through the Udio app. By using the app, customers will be able to load actual cash into their…

Important Visa mobile payments milestone reached in India

06/28/201606/25/2016 Jesse Collins

The financial giant has announced that it has issued over one million of its contactless cards in the country. Visa recently announced the issuing of over one million of its branded contactless cards in India. These were all issued through eight major banks within the country. These cards function on the same technology as contactless Visa mobile payments. The widespread use of these cards is opening the door for easier mobile payments to be rapidly adopted. There are over 100,000 merchant locations in India that are now set up to…

Visa launches new program to support mobile payments

02/12/201602/11/2016 Stephen Vagus

Visa Developer may aid in the development of new mobile payments services Visa has released a new developer program that is designed to accelerate the adoption of mobile payments. Called Visa Developer, the program will provide developers with access to new technology, most of which is associated with mobile transactions in some fashion. The mobile payments market is growing quickly, and more companies are beginning to embrace mobile commerce as a way to provide better services to consumers. Visa has become heavily invested in this space and intends to secure…

Visa broadens its mobile payments service in the UK

05/12/201505/09/2015 Jesse Collins

The digital wallet service is now undergoing yet another expansion to make it easier for people to adopt. According to one of the latest announcements from Visa Europe, the mobile payments service from the credit card giant will soon be broadening even farther, in order to improve the online shopping experience for thousands of people throughout the United Kingdom. The goal is to improve the convenience and appeal of the mobile wallet service for people in the U.K. The company has established partnerships with a number of the biggest high…

Mobile payments strategies are getting fierce

02/25/201402/22/2014 Jorge Gonzalez

Google Wallet has just played a very important next move in its battle against rival Isis. The latest version of Android, KitKat, brought with it a new feature called Host Card Emulation (HCE), in the hopes of giving its Google Wallet a serious shot in the arm through the use of NFC technology. Now, that effort looks as though it might have been a very promising strategy as it has gained massive credit card provider support. Both Visa and MasterCard have now declared that they will be supporting HCE so…