Visa’s CEO Charles Scharf has got a plan to connect half a billion additional consumers to the financial mainstream in the next five years. Visa announced Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The possible terms of Costco’s new co-branded deal with Visa and Citigroup gives good indication of just why the partnership with American Express didn’t work Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Google Wallet just made its digital wallet a little more secure. According to a Yahoo Finance report, Google has taken the necessary steps to making its Source: http://www.pymnts.com

“Dorsey is the only guy in the industry who’s thinking about payments in a deep way, and Square is the only payments company that’s innovating on hardware, Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Google has a new sheriff keeping watch over the wilds of the Internet. Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com

At least three emerging tech firms are targeting the legal space with subscription-based software, confident they can bring efficiencies to an industry heavy with clients, data and documents. Source: http://www.ibj.com

REVO Forecasts Total Licensing Fees of $36 to $60 Million From U.S. Alarm Services Market | Virtual Strategy Magazine is an online publication devoted entirely to virtualization technologies. Source: http://www.virtual-strategy.com

Co Mayo company crowned overall winners of InterTradeIreland Innovation awards Source: http://www.irishtimes.com

The scientists who invented vitamin-enriched “golden rice” will receive a humanitarian award tomorrow from the White House in Washington for developing a staple food that could save the lives of millions of people in the developing world. Source: http://www.independent.co.uk

The results were driven by all-time record revenue from biometric access control and time & attendance devices, along with strong performance in ID device sales Source: http://www.biometricupdate.com