Sunday 22 February 2015
Visa announces Mobile Location Confirmation service; travelers should welcome verification technology
From ZD Net –
“Visa will begin rolling out a new geo-location service, powered by Finsphere, in April. Your smartphone and financial institution will work together to improve your card purchasing experiences.
Finding out that your credit or debit card has been disabled while traveling around the world can result in lost sales and major frustration. Given today's smartphone and electronic banking technology you would think there was a better way to integrate the two.
Last week Visa announced Mobile Location Confirmation, powered by Finsphere. In combination with your smartphone, mobile banking application, Visa, and Finsphere's services geo-location data will be used to verify the legitimacy of your transactions.”
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