Israel and the United Arab Emirates have made history in agreeing to allow their citizens to travel freely between the countries with no visas. Direct flights from Israel to the U.A.E have begun to take place, marking the first arrangement of the sort between Israel and an Arab state. The

Visa announced that it plans to acquire Plaid, a startup that connects payment apps like Venmo to users’ bank accounts to transfer funds they have received through the apps. The acquisition will cost Visa a whopping $5.3 billion, although the company Plaid was valued at $2.65 billion just a year

VISA recently published a security alert addressing the ongoing threat of attacks on North American fuel dispenser merchants by coordinated cybercrime groups. According to the Visa Payment Fraud Disruption, three attacks on fuel dispenser merchants were observed over the summer of 2019, each with the end goal of scraping credit

Visa is upping the ante in its fight against cybercrime by providing new anti-fraud solutions that aim to improve the security of transactions. The new tech includes threat detection and blocking technology that is immediately available to all customers for free. The firms is adding four new features, namely: Visa

New research by Positive Technologies has uncovered serious vulnerabilities that can enable threat actors to bypass payment limits during contactless payments. The flaws, which were tested for five UK banks but also for terminals in other countries, could allow hackers to steal unlimited amounts from contactless cards. Tim Yunuso of

People applying for US visas, even tourist visas, will now have to provide their current and pas email addresses and phone numbers. In addition, they will have to submit five years’ worth of information about their activities on social media platforms like Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube. The