"they [Visa Europe] need to vote ..."

I somehow got the idea that these put and call options were a one-way exercise, that is, Visa Europe could at any time require Visa Inc. to buy Visa Europe or that Visa Inc. could likewise require Visa Europe to sell itself to Visa Inc. ...

"He also noted that he doesn’t view Visa Checkout as a competitor to online payment services like PayPal ..." What? Mr Scharf is being modest; I view Visa Checkout (and MasterPass) as a PayPal killer, and the sooner the clunky "PreyPal" is interred the better ...

Personally, I still see "mobile" as a solution looking for a problem; my EMV card works perfectly well, even on an NFC terminal ...

Regardless, as long as Visa eventually buries eBay's clunky "PreyPal", I'll be happy ...