Industry Tech Culture Ex-employees claim India's largest IT firm falsified records to bypass US visa rules They allege that Tata Consultancy Services inflated org charts to appear visa-compliant By Zo Ahmed, February 19, 2025, 8:32 AM
Tech Culture Industry US business giants line up to cut deals with Elon Musk as billionaire expands influence in Washington Investment in X increases as Musk's DOGE gains access to government funding systems By Daniel Sims, February 4, 2025, 8:22 AM 27 comments
Tech Culture The Web Visa: Not all stablecoin transactions are "real" Visa challenges the legitimacy of stablecoins as a payment technology By Alfonso Maruccia, May 7, 2024, 2:08 PM
The Web AI US immigration enforcement used an AI-powered tool to scan social media posts "derogatory" to the US "The government should not be using algorithms to scrutinize our social media posts" By Rob Thubron, October 27, 2023, 5:19 AM 11 comments
Tech Culture Visa dives into the metaverse with $150K NFT purchase Visa adds a pricey NFT to its commerce memorabilia collection By Shawn Knight, August 23, 2021, 10:00 AM
Industry Tech Culture Visa is partnering with 50 leading crypto companies to let users spend digital assets at merchants worldwide Connecting digital currency to Visa's worldwide network By Shawn Knight, July 8, 2021, 12:10 PM 9 comments
The Web Mastercard and Visa cut ties with Pornhub following New York Times expose The site has banned downloads and non-verified uploads By Rob Thubron, December 11, 2020, 8:43 AM 24 comments
Gaming Razer is launching a pre-paid Visa card... with a built-in LED, of course No gaming product is complete without LEDs By Cohen Coberly, October 6, 2020, 10:59 AM 14 comments
Industry Tech giants blast Trump order banning certain foreign workers through 2020 The White House says it will free up over 500,000 jobs for Americans By Rob Thubron, June 23, 2020, 5:18 AM 32 comments
Security Electronics Visa finds evidence of hackers stealing payment card data from gas pumps Preying on unsuspecting consumers By Shawn Knight, December 16, 2019, 11:34 AM
Industry H-1B visa changes could allow tech companies to hire more overseas specialists More qualifications will mean a higher chance of success By Isaiah Mayersen, December 2, 2018, 12:06 PM 16 comments
Tech Culture Industry Credit card companies are removing signature requirements Starting today By Rob Thubron, April 13, 2018, 6:07 AM 17 comments
Mobile Current looks to digitize allowances with its app-controlled Visa card for kids Parents can automate payments, monitor transaction, set spending limits, and more By Rob Thubron, May 10, 2017, 10:15 AM 8 comments
Apple Mobile Apple in talks to launch money-transfer service, offer its own prepaid debit cards tied to Apple Pay The service would compete with Venmo, Square Cash By Jose Vilches, April 27, 2017, 12:31 PM
Tech Culture The Web The US now asks foreign visitors to hand over their social media details Rights groups have criticized the new policy By Rob Thubron, December 23, 2016, 11:30 AM 54 comments
Security Researchers demonstrate 'distributed guessing' attack that coughs up Visa card details By Shawn Knight, December 5, 2016, 2:45 PM
Wearable Tech Visa will trial a new NFC-based payment wearable at the Olympic Games in Rio By Shawn Knight, June 3, 2016, 12:30 PM
Industry Security Visa says chip-enabled credit and debit cards have reduced counterfeit charges by nearly 20 percent By Shawn Knight, April 21, 2016, 9:30 AM 7 comments
Security Tech Culture Shift is the first US-based debit card for Bitcoin, backed by VISA By Shawn Knight, November 21, 2015, 2:30 PM
Security Banks impacted by the 2013 Target data breach can now seek payment as a group By Devin Kate Pope, September 17, 2015, 6:30 PM
Microsoft Industry Visa CEO and kraft CFO appointed to Microsoft's board; company raises quarterly dividend By Himanshu Arora, September 17, 2014, 10:30 AM
Apple Mobile Apple reportedly teaming up with Amex, Visa, and MasterCard on iPhone 6 payments system By Himanshu Arora, September 1, 2014, 7:45 AM 11 comments
Security Visa experimenting with biometrics for payment verification By Shawn Knight, February 25, 2014, 2:00 PM 10 comments
Security PayPal president has credit card skimmed, uses incident to plug his company's security measures By Shawn Knight, February 11, 2014, 7:15 AM 11 comments
Industry MasterCard and Visa will transition to PIN-based credit cards late next year By Shawn Knight, February 7, 2014, 5:15 PM 20 comments