Visa Opens its First Innovation Center in Asia

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160427006871/en/ This builds off the success of Visa’s flagship innovation center,One Market Center, which was opened in July 2014, and is located at the company’s headquarter in San Francisco. Additional innovation centers will be opened in other regions later this year, and in 2017. Accessible to both local and global clients, the new Singaporeinnovation center

M/Chip Fast From MasterCard Speeds EMV Transactions and Shoppers Through Checkout

adoption of chip technology in the United States since the liability shift went into effect in October 2015. Today, more than two-thirds – 67 percent – of U.S.-issued MasterCard-branded consumer credit cards feature chips. This represents a 51 percent increase in a six-month window. Consumers can use their chip cards in more places, as 1.2 million

MasterCard Incorporated Reports First-Quarter 2016 Financial Results

An increase in processed transactions of 14%, to 12.6 billion; A 13% increase in gross dollar volume, on a local currency basis, to $1.1 trillion; and An increase in cross-border volumes of 12%. These factors were partially offset by an increase in rebates and incentives, primarily due to new and renewed agreements and increased volumes.

Visa Brings Digital Payments to Rio 2016 Olympic Games as 1.2 Million Travelers Are Expected in Brazil

Olympic Games Travel Forecast Visa projects that Brazil will host an estimated 400,000-500,000 international visitors during the month of August, based on trends observed in recent summer editions of the Olympics. Visa data points to 2016 inbound travel to Brazil increasing by an estimated 1.2 million travelers for the year, compared to the 2010-2015 average,