Visa Looks for Senior Developer for Virtual Currency & Blockchain Research
Visa has, in a job posting, revealed that it is looking to hire a senior software engineer to be a part of its research team to help develop a “secure and scalable blockchain” network. The job posting comes via a posting by Visa Research, a newly created arm of the payments company as a part of exploring new innovation and expanding its technology research globally. The job entails research and development work in the arena of emerging payments, blockchain, virtual currencies and other emerging payment technologies. Visa Research is putting together research teams to focus on three “key....
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Payments giant Visa has revealed it is seeking to hire a software engineer to help it create a "secure, scalable blockchain network". The news was revealed in a job advertisement by Visa Research – a research arm created by the company to expand its technology research capabilities. Visa Research's remit is to engage with the company's technology and product teams, and business and other partners, to investigate and develop technologies that are "critical to the payments industry in the future", the firm says. As part of its efforts to build three research sections....
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Leading global credit card processing firm Visa will soon begin researching bitcoin and blockchain technology, according to a new report. Speaking to LiveMint, the online division of India's second-largest newspaper, Visa executive vice president of technology Rajat Taneja indicated that the research will take place in the company's innovation labs, which are focused on improving its Visa Checkout and mVisa products. The announcement follows a period of indifference from the credit card giant, which has formerly stated it does not see the technology as a business threat, while....