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Many Canadian small businesses could soon save hundreds of dollars a year on costly credit card fees, thanks to a deal reached between Ottawa, Visa and Mastercard. The deal will see qualifying small businesses pay less on credit card…

After declining to issue a travel visa to Dennis Kasumba, the Ugandan orphan profiled in The Times, the American embassy in Kampala backtracked Thursday and approved Kasumba’s request to travel to the U.S. this month to play in the MLB…

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is exploring options for further tie-ups to strengthen the global acceptability of RuPay debit cards. Currently, RuPay cards are accepted at the points of sale (PoS) machine powered by Discover…

Dennis Kasumba, the Ugandan orphan profiled in The Times last week, saw his dream of playing professional baseball frustrated again Friday when he was denied a visa to come to the U.S.Kasumba, 18, had been invited to play with the…

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to visit the US next month, Eric Garcetti (centre)…

Happy Friday, folks! Amid fresh layoffs and a marginal blip in Q1 revenue, Cognizant’s new CEO Ravi Kumar S termed the last quarter “historic” in an interview with ETtech. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this…

Card payments company Visa has launched a feature that allows users to carry out online transactions without the need to punch in the cardholder verification value (CVV), if the card has been tokenised.The CVV-free feature launched in India…

Cognizant’s net profit increased 3% in the fourth quarter to $580 million on lower administration costs and a bump in other income. It will let go of 3,500 people over the next two years. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.Also in this…

Federal authorities say they plan to seek criminal prosecution over fraudulent application schemes for the H-1B visa, heavily used by Silicon Valley technology companies to obtain foreign workers. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…

The Biden administration has been asking Ottawa to consider reimposing visa requirements for Mexican nationals visiting Canada, CBC News has learned.At issue is the sharp increase in illegal crossings from Canada into the United States:…