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On Wednesday, Visa Inc. launched a new payment card security initiative that the company said could eliminate the need for retailers and other organizations to store full, 16-digit credit and debit card numbers on their systems.

The move comes in response to long-standing pressure from the National Retail Federation, which maintains that merchants should not be required to store the information because of security risks.

Paris ( July 15, 2010 ) Carrefour SA, the world’s second-largest retailer behind Wal-Mart Stores, said Thursday that its revenue increased 6.3% in the second quarter.

The French retailer credited growth in Latin America and Asia for the strong performance.