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Visa Debuts Facebook Application for Small Businesses

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 24, 2008 - 10:07am.

San Francisco - Online social network Facebook has signed a deal with credit card provider Visa that will bring $2 million in advertising spending on the site, while providing Visa with the opportunity to market its services to the 80,000 small businesses with profiles on the site, the Associated Press reported. Visa will offer a $100 ad credit to the first 20,000 businesses that download its Facebook application, which will offer businesses relevant online tools and information from partners including Google, The Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur magazine.

tags: Marketing | Advertising | Social Networking | Facebook | Visa |

Russian Court Reinstates Visa Payments at Alltunes Download Store

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 17, 2007 - 10:07am.

London - Russian music download store Alltunes has won a court case that will reinstate payments from a Russian agent of credit card provider Visa on the service, TheRegister reported.

tags: Law | Lawsuits | Music | Copyright | IFPI | AllofMP3 | Visa | MediaServices | Alltunes |

Buzz Watch: World of Warcraft VISA Credit Card

Authored by Jay Baage on May 8, 2007 - 10:04am.
Blizzard Entertainment, the California-based game developer and publisher, has struck a deal with First National Bank to release a World of Warcraft Visa card. Much like credit cards that offer frequent flyer miles for each dollar's worth of purchases, the new WOW Visa card will give players of the MMORPG free play time for their consumption with the card.
tags: Marketing | Payments | Sony | World of Warcraft | Blizzard Entertainment | Visa | Virtual Worlds |

Mobile Domain Registrar dotMobi Gets Investment from Visa

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 28, 2007 - 12:28pm.

Washington - dotMobi, an Irish joint venture offering Internet addresses for mobile phones, said on Wednesday that it has received an investment from Visa International.

tags: Deals | Mobile | Cellphones | Visa | Investments | dotMobi |

Russian Download Store AllofMP3 Reacts to Visa, MasterCard Bans

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2006 - 2:12pm.
Moscow - Reacting to the blow that came as two major credit card companies halted payment processing for its controversial music download store, Russia-based AllofMP3.com called the actions "arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory," adding that it may seek legal recourse to reverse the decisions. The site sells albums for about $2 each, and claims to be legal under Russian law and hold a valid license from a Russian copyrights society. This week, both Visa and MasterCard ceased processing payments for the site.
tags: Law | Payments | Piracy | Music | Commerce | Russia | Copyright | AllofMP3.com | WTO | IP | Visa | Mastercard |

Visa Cuts Off Payments to Russian Music Download Site AllofMP3.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 18, 2006 - 1:52pm.
San Francisco - Adding teeth to recent calls from the U.S. Trade Representative to shut down what the U.S. calls an illegal music download service, credit card company Visa announced on Wednesday that it has stopped processing payments to Russian music site AllofMP3.com, the International Herald Tribune reported. "It's no longer permitted to accept Visa cards," Simon Barker, a Visa International spokesman told CNET News.com. "The action we've taken is in line with legislation passed in Russia and international copyright law." AllofMP3.com sells digital albums for about $2 each -- far less than the $9.99 standard at iTunes and other retailers -- and has maintained that its site is licensed by a Russian copyrights society and conforms to Russian laws.
tags: Law | Downloads | Payments | Piracy | Music | Commerce | Russia | Copyright | AllofMP3.com | Visa |

Visa Online Game Contest Sends Winners to 2006 Winter Olympics

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 15, 2005 - 4:54am.
San Francisco - Credit card firm Visa on Tuesday launched an online game competition that will award winners from 23 countries with trips to the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy. The Visa Championships-Torino 2006 promotion will feature the online games "Bobsleigh," "Giant Slalom" and "Snowboard Cross."
tags: Games | Internet | Olympics | Winners | Visa |

Nokia Strikes European Cell Phone Micropayments Deal with Visa

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 23, 2003 - 11:10am.
Helsinki -- Finnish cell phone maker Nokia announced on Tuesday that it has joined forces with Visa EU in a deal that will allow customers to use their phones to make secure card payments. The deal will make use of Nokia's "wallet" application, which enables the user to store personal information -- such as usernames and passwords, Visa payment card details, addresses and personal notes -- on a mobile phone, enabling users to pay for ringtones, games and other content automatically on a Visa account. The two companies plan to demonstrate the application and Verified by Visa at the Mobile Commerce World Europe 2003 event in London, Sept. 23-24, 2003.
tags: Nokia | Deal | Cell Phone | European | Micropayments | Visa |