Visa

VeriSign, Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Visa International to support the Visa mobile platform to advance the already fast-growing mobile commerce market, through mobile marketing campaigns and point-of-sale redemption of mobile offers.

“The Visa mobile platform provides mobile operators and financial institutions the opportunity to rapidly develop new mobile services utilizing the unique interactive features of handsets.” said Patrick Gauthier, senior vice president, innovation, Visa International. “We are excited to be working with VeriSign to combine secure payments with value-added promotional services. Our collaboration is designed to enable consumers to receive promotions and information relevant to their purchase experience anywhere via their mobile phones.”