Visa to buy Swedish fintech start-up Tink for nearly £2bn

Visa to buy Swedish fintech start-up Tink for nearly £2bn: Payments giant snaps up open banking platform after being forced to abandon similar deal Visa is buying Swedish fin-tech Tink for $2.2bn Tink develops technology to allow fintechs to connect to customers from different financial institutions  It comes after Visa was forced to abandon its … Read more

Visa extensions for foreign-born frontline NHS as Priti Patel praises their efforts during Covid

Visa extensions for foreign-born frontline NHS staff as Priti Patel praises ‘heroic’ efforts during Covid pandemic Home Secretary will instruct officials to grant automatic 12-month extensions to vital workers if their visa is due to run out by October  Announcement is expected to benefit up to 14,000 essential workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics Scheme … Read more

Ethereum hits new high after Visa allows virtual currency on its network

World’s second-biggest cryptocurrency Ethereum hits new high of $2,150 after Visa agrees to allow crypto-payments on its network Ethereum, which hosts the Ether cryptocurrency, traded at under $150 last year Cryptocurrencies’ total market capitalisation reached the $2tn value for the first time   Visa said it would accept the use of USD Coin for trades on … Read more

Storm over student visa job reforms as ministers are accused of making ‘reckless’ changes to system

Storm over student visa job reforms as ministers are accused of making ‘reckless’ changes to the system Migration Watch criticised move to allow foreign grads to take low-skilled jobs  Only those with higher-paid offers qualify for a visa under new points system But students can avoid lower-skilled worker curbs from July 1 for up to … Read more

Prince Harry landed work in US with visa for people with ‘extraordinary ability’, experts claim

Prince Harry landed work in US after being given special visa for people with ‘extraordinary ability’, experts claim The Duke of Sussex now has two jobs and TV and radio projects in the US  As a British citizen, Harry was not automatically entitled to seek employment He could have obtained an O-1 visa for people … Read more

Visa to join Mastercard in hiking interchange fees for UK shoppers

Regulators should crack down on ‘profiteering’ from card companies as Visa hikes interchange fees for shoppers buying from the EU by 475% Visa is the UK’s largest card provider with an 84% share of the card market It appears to be joining Mastercard in raising interchange fees by up to 475% European merchants are billed … Read more

Brexit visa rules for Tenerife and insurance refunds: The Holiday Guru tackles travellers’ issues

Brexit visa rules for Tenerife and insurance refunds: The Holiday Guru tackles travellers’ issues By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 15:08 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 15:08 GMT, 11 February 2021  The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week he offers advice on booking a South-East Asia backpacking trip and … Read more

300,000 people from Hong Kong will begin arriving in Britain from Sunday when visa route opens

Fury in Beijing over Boris Johnson’s plan to grant millions of Hong Kong citizens UK residency intensified today as China said it will stop recognising the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document.  The statement by foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian plunged the visa system into uncertainty just hours after it was announced to be … Read more

Shanina Shaik reveals she has relocated from the USA to London due to ‘visa issues’

Ex-pat! Australian model Shanina Shaik reveals she has relocated from the USA to London due to ‘visa issues’ related to coronavirus pandemic By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:54 GMT, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 12:54 GMT, 16 November 2020 Shanina Shaik has revealed that she has relocated to London, England, after being … Read more

The Veronicas’ Jessica Origliasso jokes she’ll MARRY an American fan to give them a partnership visa

The Veronicas’ Jessica Origliasso jokes she’ll MARRY an American fan to give them an Australian partnership visa as the election rages on… a week after her shock split from fiancé Kai Carlton By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:46 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 00:47 GMT, 5 November 2020 She announced her … Read more