Visa is boosting its electronic payment operations and rolling out a digital wallet service, V.me. The company has signed up about 90 financial institutions including Bank of America Corp and PNC Financial Services Group for its V.me service, Scharf said.

San Francisco officials say public Internet service is long overdue for a city that has eclipsed Silicon Valley as the epicentre of the start-up ecosystem in recent years, attracting a dramatic influx of venture capital investment and young tech …

Visa is boosting its electronic payment operations and rolling out a digital wallet service, V.me. The company has … Revenue in the United States has been boosted in the past few quarters as more affluent customers use credit cards on the Visa network.

… affluent consumer—travel and dining and their purchases are rewarded with two-times the points." The card, which isn't meant for everyday purchases like gas and groceries, caters to a higher-end clientele looking for exceptional service and …

The company's financial results in the quarter included a gain from the sale of Threadneedle's strategic business investment in Cofunds and several items that are detailed in a table on page 12. ….. expectations, objectives or goals, including those …

Affluent consumers have been driving credit spending gains for Visa this year, though spending by consumers who are not quite as well-heeled has picked up slightly over the past two quarters or so. It hasn't been a significant driver of the company's …

Peaking in the mid-1960s, the trio of Cadillac, Chrysler and Lincoln were the dominant luxury marques with North American buyers, with the likes of today's leading BMW and Mercedes-Benz import luxury brands relegated to the lower end of the sales …

J.D. Power's annual U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study was dominated by luxury brands. Porsche topped the charts for 2013 by a large margin over Audi, BMW Land Rover and Lexus. The highest ranking U.S. brand was …

That means it's no longer confined to luxury brands like Mercedes and Volvo. It's showing up in mainstream vehicles like the Nissan Rogue and Ford Fusion. "What we see today as slightly elitist technology is changing very, very fast," said Steven Lunn …