V.me

"The year ahead will see us putting mobile contactless payments into consumers' hands and introducing digital wallets on a mass scale," says Peter Ayliffe, chief executive of Visa Europe, as the payments network predicts there will be 40 mobile contactless payments issuers in Europe in 2013. More

Bank of America has joined a fast growing list of banks announcing support for Visa's V.me digital wallet service. Last month Visa unveiled details of fifty US banks that will promote V.me to their customers.... More

The UK's RBS Group is currently testing Visa's V.me digital wallet ahead of a full rollout in 2013. RBS' Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest banks are also working with Visa Europe on an NFC... More

Cardholders can use V.me at 23 merchants today to make payments online by entering just a username and password. In-store payment capabilities are expected to be added in 2013. More

"Our intention is that V.me will ultimately be able to incorporate any or all of our new payment technologies, allowing our members to deliver the best possible payments experience whether face-to-face, online or in a mobile environment," says Visa Europe's Mariano Dima. More

Visa has added mobile services to its Visa DPS issuer processing platform. The new features, developed by Monitise, allow US financial institutions to offer account holders the ability to monitor account history and balances, transfer... More

The payments giant's digital wallet is to be called 'V.me' and will launch in 2012 as a payment system for online transactions, with NFC at the point of sale and targeted rewards, offers and coupons set to follow. More