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20/12/2019

Independent children’s boutique scoops national TV advertising spot after winning Visa’s Christmas copycat competition

18/12/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index November 2019: Consumer spending falls modestly during November

13/11/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index October 2019: October sees marginal drop in household spend

05/11/2019

Visa rallies singing shopkeepers with its Christmas campaign to show why ‘Where You Shop Matters’

16/10/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index September 2019: Consumer spending declines at quickest rate since October 2012

18/09/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index August 2019: Continued steady fall in consumer spending

14/08/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index July 2019: Household spending falls again in July

10/08/2019

Great British High Street Awards 2019 Shortlist Announced

17/07/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index June 2019: June sees further modest reduction in spend

15/07/2019

Contactless payments are biggest improvement to public transport experience, say UK commuters

19/06/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index May 2019: Consumer spending falls modestly in May

17/04/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index March 2019: Consumer spending declines at softer pace in March

13/03/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index February 2019: February sees further modest fall in household spending

27/02/2019

Visa Global Study Identifies Key Success Factors To Improve Daily Travel, Creating Smarter, More Efficient Cities

13/02/2019

UK Consumer Spending Index January 2019: Further decline in household spending at start of 2019

16/01/2019

Consumer spending falls further in December

17/12/2018

Household spending falls for second month running in November

15/11/2018

Crickhowell High Street crowned ‘UK’s best’ in Great British High Street Awards

13/11/2018

UK consumer spending falls slightly in October

15/10/2018

Household spending increases slightly for second month in a row

17/09/2018

Consumer spending returns to positive territory in August

13/08/2018

Household spending falls slightly in July

16/07/2018

‘Alight here for Gareth Southgate’ – iconic Tube station renamed in celebration of England football team

16/07/2018

Weather and World Cup prompt first back-to-back jump in household spending in over a year

18/06/2018

Consumer spending bounces back in May

14/05/2018

Consumer spending falls further amid weak high street performance

16/04/2018

Consumer spending decline continues as March rounds off worst quarter in over five years

12/03/2018

Visa UK CSI - Consumer spending has weakest start to the year since 2012

22/02/2018

Planes, Trains and Automobiles – Visa Launches Program to Give Consumers a Better Travel Experience

14/02/2018

Visa sponsors Alpine festival Snowboxx

12/02/2018

January sales dip for the first time since 2013

08/02/2018

New partnership sees Visa provide Revolut prepaid cards to Team GB ahead of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018

07/02/2018

Brits experience major concerns over using cash on holiday

30/01/2018

Visa Checkout reaches one million enrolled consumers in the UK

18/01/2018

Visa partners with DragonPass to bring enhanced and exclusive airport experiences for cardholders

08/01/2018

No festive cheer for retailers as December rounds off the worst year for consumer spending since 2012

11/12/2017

Black Friday failed to lift consumer spending in November

29/11/2017

Visa Readies Digital Payments for the Projected 500,000 Visitors Traveling to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

20/11/2017

Christmas spending expected to fall for first time in half a decade

13/11/2017

October spending declines at fastest rate in four years, driven by poor performance on the high street

08/11/2017

Visa Introduces New Payment Wearables for Fans Attending the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018

30/10/2017

Smartphones have replaced bank branches for millennials managing money on the go

09/10/2017

Decline in consumer spending during September points to continued weakness in UK economy

20/09/2017

Visa Announces Team Visa Roster for the Upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

11/09/2017

UK Consumer spending on course for weakest year since 2013 despite modest August uptick

01/09/2017

The contactless revolution ten years on: two-thirds of Brits now tap to pay

07/08/2017

Consumer spend falls for the third month in a row

02/08/2017

Convenience and security concerns drive three-quarters of Brits to abandon online purchases

26/07/2017

Visa Expands Global Transaction Processing with Facilities in Singapore and United Kingdom

18/07/2017

Visa and PayPal Extend Partnership to Europe

10/07/2017

June rounds off worst quarter for spending since Q3 2013

27/06/2017

Visa Commits to Strategic Investment in Klarna; Companies Plan Partnership Deal

27/06/2017

Kompas Awarded €50,000 in Visa’s first European Everywhere Initiative

12/06/2017

Consumer Spending Falls For First Time In Nearly Four Years

30/05/2017

Visa Upgrades Verified by Visa Technology to Enhance Security and Simplify Online Payments

16/05/2017

Samsung Pay Now Available to UK Visa Cardholders

11/05/2017

Popular online payment method Visa Checkout launches to UK shoppers

10/05/2017

Visa makes waves with Boardmasters Festival sponsorship announcement

08/05/2017

Sharper slowdown in consumer spending during April

11/04/2017

Race is on for €50,000 prize as Visa launches first ever European Everywhere Initiative

10/04/2017

March rounds off weakest quarter for spending growth since Q4 2013

13/03/2017

February consumer spending picked up in momentum

27/02/2017

Visa to Launch First Everywhere Initiative in Europe

21/02/2017

Visa Opens New Innovation Center in London; Extends Access to Visa’s Developer Platform for European Clients

13/02/2017

Consumer spending growth slowed to a five month low in January

09/01/2017

December rounds up strongest quarter for consumer spend since 2014

05/01/2017

Visa Announces Sponsorship of Europe’s No.1 eSports Team

02/01/2017

Millennials want modern careers that turn passions into pay cheques

06/12/2016

November spending reached 22-month high, driven by e-commerce around Black Friday

29/11/2016

Cash is a Ghost of Christmas Past

23/11/2016

British sim racer on the road to Vegas for biggest prize in eSports racing history

22/11/2016

New European plans threaten disruption and inconvenience for UK’s online shoppers

14/11/2016

Consumer spending growth reached six month high in October

12/10/2016

Mobile Payments soar as Europeans embrace new ways to pay

10/10/2016

Consumer spending bounces back strongly in September

19/09/2016

Brits Trust Banks to Deliver Biometric Future

12/09/2016

Household spending sees slowest growth in almost three years

11/08/2016

Visa Celebrates 30 Years of Olympic Partnership with New Wearable Payments Technologies and Expansion of Team Visa at Rio 2016

10/08/2016

Visa delivers exclusive Team GB wearable payment band to British athletes competing at Rio 2016

08/08/2016

UK consumer spending showed resilience in July

20/07/2016

Visa Adds Refugee Olympic Athletes to Complete Team Visa Rio 2016 Roster

19/07/2016

Apple Pay Now Available to Millions of French Visa Cardholders

14/07/2016

European consumers ready to use biometrics for securing payments

11/07/2016

June rounds off weakest quarterly growth in two years, with the full impact of the Referendum result yet to be felt

07/07/2016

Apple Pay Now Available to Visa Cardholders in Switzerland

22/06/2016

UK households set to spend £63.4 billion on international travel by 2025

21/06/2016

Visa Inc. Completes Acquisition of Visa Europe

13/06/2016

Consumer spending slows amid economic and political uncertainty

03/06/2016

European Commission Approves Visa Inc.’s Acquisition of Visa Europe

18/05/2016

Visa Europe Announces New Digital Enablement Programme with Launch Partners to Include Google’s Android Pay and Leading UK Banks

12/05/2016

Visa limbers up to show Everything Counts for Team GB

11/05/2016

Europeans “touched to pay” three billion times in the last 12 months – cementing contactless payments’ growing popularity

09/05/2016

Online spending grows at fastest rate for 16 months as the experience economy powers ahead

18/04/2016

Small businesses retain strong trust in banking providers but still looking for more from their payment services

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