Visa
Gov’t to Launch New “Unlimited” Fast-Track STEM Visa Scheme
The government will on February 20 launch a new "unlimited" fast-track visa scheme for scientists, researchers and mathematicians. In a…
Why is Visa Forking Out a Cool $5.3 Billion for Payments Firm Plaid?
Visa has agreed to buy financial services startup Plaid for $5.3 billion -- double its last valuation of $2.65 billion…
Europe Joins Russia in Rush to Build Visa and Mastercard Alternative
The European Central Bank (ECB) has backed plans by leading European banks to create a homegrown European payment system rivalling…
London Blockchain Startup “Nuggets” Nabs former Visa MD
London-based fintech startup Nuggets has signed up former Visa UK Managing Director Kevin Jenkins, in a coup for the blockchain…
Visa Outage: Switch Failure Blamed, No Detection Software in Place
Visa has blamed a component failure in a backup switch at its data centre for an outage earlier this month…
Avoiding ‘Tech-xit’: The New Immigration Rules Encouraging Global Tech Stars to Settle Here
Less than a year before the UK leaves the European Union, there have been fears of an exodus of European…
Q&A: Identifying the Cause of IT Outages Early
When the London Stock Exchange (LSE) suffered its worst outage in seven years last Thursday, it was just the latest…
Visa, Revolut join Team GB for PyeongChang 2018
Visa and Revolut join forces as the digital banking alternative plans to issue Visa cards to the 59 athletes of…
Theresa May pledges to double tech visas – but will it stop the Brexit talent exodus?
The UK aims to keep tech talent flooding through the boarder by doubling the amount of Visa’s granted to skilled…
Visa to roll out worldwide contactless travel
Visa is hoping to make travelling and commuting seamless and friction-free, with the payments giant rolling out a new program…