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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Visa is rolling out new technology that will allow the payments giant to share more information about customers' preferences [non-paywalled source] based on their shopping history with retailers as it seeks to remain a top player in the competitive e-commerce space. From a report:

The data will be shared via the payments giant's proprietary "tokens," which provide an added layer of security between a consumer's bank information and a merchant. Shopping inclinations and other information based on past transactions -- such as preferred categories, like movies or golf -- will be shared via token with retailers with the consent of consumers.

"It's almost entirely blind to almost all consumers," Visa Chief Executive Officer Ryan McInerney said in an interview of the company's token technology. "They just know their payments work better." The sharing of shopping data via token is one of a handful of innovations Visa unveiled at a conference in San Francisco, where it's based. Visa, one of the largest e-commerce technology companies in the world, is finding itself increasingly fending off competitors seeking larger slices of the fees merchants must pay to carry out consumer transactions.

Abstract credit: https://slashdot.org/story/428471

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[-] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

Oh, “It’s almost entirely blind to almost all consumers”? That's almost fine then!

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

with the consent of consumers.

Would you like to elaborate on that?

[-] Wanangwa_Bamidele 22 points 1 year ago

I think when people sign their paper to get the card.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I mean look you could just not use Visa right? We all have tons of other options, and they're totally not a monopoly right? That's why we're not regulating them, right?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah here we have local payment gateway, I do not need Visa and/or Mastercard to survive. It is difficult though if I go overseas.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Supposedly you can opt out from your banking app when it rolls out later this year.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I'm sure it'll be very straightforward and easy to do...

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

The actual article says that the new thing is that it allows consumers to revoke access to information after the fact.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

So I switch to Mastercard for now?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

lol no. use cash and gift cards

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Or cash, as if you buy gift cards and they go bust, they owe you money, but you'll be well down the list and never see it again.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Maybe the person means prepaid debit cards.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I use cash exclusively at liquor stores and fast food joints and have for years. Sounds like I should expand the list.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

God(zilla), I hope this country continues to cling to cash. Big wigs & tourists want it all digital tho. 😓

this post was submitted on 18 May 2024
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