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| Symbol | Name | Time | Trade | Change | % Chg | Volume | P/E Ratio | EPS | Mkt Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | Visa | 21:01 GMT | 113.90 | +1.48 | +1.32% | 5472281 | 21.15 | 5.316 | 78.338B |
Latest Visa news
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Credit card firms want to stalk you on the web
A report in the Wall Street Journal said Visa and Mastercard have cunning plans to use what they know about you to push ads at you when you’re online. -
Wikileaks stops publishing
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said that since last December an "arbitrary and unlawful financial blockade" had been imposed by Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union and this wiped out more than 95 percent of the outfit's revenue. -
Online credit card theft worse than ever
UK Mastercards details are going for as little as $4 a pop, while a US Visa card sells for $2. -
Anonymous pinches 10,000 emails from Iranian government
Anonymous has reportedly hit government servers in Iran including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and pinched over 10,000 emails from the Iranian Passport and Visa office. -
Days of the McDonald's cashier could be numbered
According to Easterbrook, bringing in touchscreens will mean that efficiency is increased. Swiping of Visa cards could also make life more simple for us increasingly catatonic fast food devourers, with the average transaction three to four seconds shorter for each customer. -
ISP internet policing resulting in corporate censorship - report
The recent pulling of support for Wikileaks by Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Everydns was cited as an example of how companies are being pressured to take action against allegedly illegal online activity without the matter being brought before the traditional legal system, which is better able to dea -
Apple to add NFC payment feature in iPhone 5, iPad 2
According to market analysts at iSuppli, the NFC sector is set to boom this year, making it a vital area of expansion for Apple and its rivals. NFC has already received staunch support from the Dutch and Visa created a microSD card that allows non NFC-enabled phones to use the feature. -
Northern Ireland political party websites hacked by Irish language activist
The hack follows attacks on the website of one of the largest parties in the Republic of Ireland, Fine Gael, earlier this week. That attack put up to 4,000 supporter details in the hands of Anonymous, the group behind attacks on PayPal, Visa, MasterCard and Amazon over their removal of services for -
Wikileaks gives Bradley Manning $15,100 for legal defence
That offer dropped by more than half in December to $20,000, possibly because of Julian Assange's own legal battles. Today the number is still $4,900 short. -
Irish political party website hacked by Anonymous
The website of one of Ireland's largest political parties, Fine Gael, was hacked last night by Anonymous, the same group behind a number of DDoS attacks on MasterCard, Visa, Paypal and Amazon for failing to support Wikileaks. -
Bank of America buys up embarrassing domain names
Last week, the bank joined Visa, MasterCard and PayPal in cutting off Wikileaks payments processing. -
Dutch Wikileaks hacktivist would "do it again"
When a group of Dutch teens allegedly conducted cyberattacks against Mastercard and Visa, then the Dutch National Prosecutors website in early December they got more than they bargained for. -
Operation Payback moves to fax
Operation Payback has launched a "Leakflood" mission, which encourages its members to send a large number of faxes to Amazon, MasterCard, Moneybookers, PayPal, Visa and Tableau Software. -
UK India Business Council has "no opinion" on Radia scandal
Earlier this year we posted an expose on the outright dodgy practices of on-shoring in the UK as well as the abuses and tax dodging that companies exploiting an Intra Company Transfer Visa loophole can get away with. -
Anonymous attack on Amazon.com fails, hackers move on
"I believe that in the case of Amazon there was not the same level of public support for an attack as there was for attacks on MasterCard, PayPal, Visa and Swiss Bank, who because of the financial nature of their business are easy targets. -
Anonymous takes down Visa, Amazon, PayPal, Swiss bank, Assange prosecutor
Today, Visa is in the crosshairs. Visa's website came under attack from hackers and is currently down. It is likely to see sustained attacks throughout the day, with web services unlikely to resume until some time tomorrow. -
Hackers threaten to take down Paypal and Twitter over Wikileaks blocks
The threat cannot be taken lightly, as there have also been reports that MasterCard has been the victim of a DDoS attack today, rendering the service offline. With Visa also blocking Wikileaks it may join the hackers' growing list. -
Pentagon Papers leaker supports Wikileaks, Datacell to sue Visa and Mastercard
Wikileaks may be under attack from many angles, but today it gained additional support from ex-intelligence officers, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers some fourty years ago, as well as the credit card processing company Datacell, which said it would sue Visa and MasterCard billions o
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